Eliot Porter

(American, 1901–1990)

Eliot Porter was an American photographer known for his richly colored images of the natural world. “Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a button, is a response to the exterior world,” the artist mused. “To something perceived outside himself by the person who operates the camera.” Born on December 6, 1901 in Winnetka, IL, his interest in nature was fostered by his family from a young age. He began photographing his family’s island property as a youth in Maine, before going on to study chemical engineering at Harvard University. After graduating in the mid-1930s, his brother the painter and art critic Fairfield Porter, encouraged his latent interest in photography and arranged introductions for him with both Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz. In the early 1940s, after having committed to pursue a career in photography, he began the transition from traditional black and white film to the new Kodachrome color film used by magazine photographers. Throughout the following decades, he published a number of critically acclaimed photography books, including In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World (1962), capturing the disappearing wilderness of America as well as the Galápagos Islands, Antarctica, and East Africa. The artist died on November 2, 1990 in Santa Fe, NM. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Eliot Porter Artworks

Eliot Porter (629 results)

Waterpocket Fold, Utah, 1963

Eliot Porter

Waterpocket Fold, Utah, 1963

Sale Date: December 4, 2018

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Waterslide from Above, Long Canyon, 1965

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Waterslide from Above, Long Canyon, 1965

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, 1962

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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, 1962

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Portfolio One: The Seasons (five of the..., 1963

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Portfolio One: The Seasons (five of the..., 1963

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Portfolio entitled Intimate Landscapes, 1979

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Portfolio entitled Intimate Landscapes, 1979

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Portfolio entitled Glen Canyon

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Portfolio entitled Glen Canyon

Sale Date: October 18, 2018

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Selected images from the series Intimate..., 1957

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Selected images from the series Intimate..., 1957

Sale Date: October 5, 2018

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There Is My Own Spirit Portfolio (10..., 1934–1963

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There Is My Own Spirit Portfolio (10..., 1934–1963

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Jervis Island, Galapagos, 1966

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Jervis Island, Galapagos, 1966

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Bear Mountain Park, New York; Maple Flowers..., 1957

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Bear Mountain Park, New York; Maple Flowers..., 1957

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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New Mexico, Crescent Moon; New Mexico, Full..., 1958

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New Mexico, Crescent Moon; New Mexico, Full..., 1958

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Spruce Trunks and Grass; Aspens in Sprint;..., 1955

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Spruce Trunks and Grass; Aspens in Sprint;..., 1955

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Three New England Nature Sudies, 1942

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Three New England Nature Sudies, 1942

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Untitled (Branches) from Glen Canyon Series, 1961

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Untitled (Branches) from Glen Canyon Series, 1961

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Western Landscapes (complete with twelve..., 1988

Eliot Porter

Western Landscapes (complete with twelve..., 1988

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Portfolio II: Iceland (twelve photographs), 1972

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Portfolio II: Iceland (twelve photographs), 1972

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Portfolio One: The Seasons (twelve..., 1963

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Portfolio One: The Seasons (twelve..., 1963

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Cactus Wren, Arizonia, 1941

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Cactus Wren, Arizonia, 1941

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Northern Parula Warbler, Male, Flying, Great , 1968

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Northern Parula Warbler, Male, Flying, Great , 1968

Sale Date: October 12, 2018

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Chama River, New Mexico, 1940, 1940

Eliot Porter

Chama River, New Mexico, 1940, 1940

Sale Date: July 19, 2018

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Lobster Trap Gear, Yeaton Cove, Maine, 1974, 1974

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Lobster Trap Gear, Yeaton Cove, Maine, 1974, 1974

Sale Date: July 19, 2018

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River Edge at Sunset, Below Piute Rapids,..., 1962

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River Edge at Sunset, Below Piute Rapids,..., 1962

Sale Date: July 25, 2018

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Glen Canyon Portfolio (five of the..., 1962–1965

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Glen Canyon Portfolio (five of the..., 1962–1965

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Western Landscapes

Eliot Porter

Western Landscapes

Sale Date: June 27, 2018

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