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

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White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Eliot Porter

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Canyonlands, Utah

Eliot Porter

Canyonlands, Utah

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Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, 1967

Eliot Porter

Great Sand Dunes, Colorado, 1967

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Natural Arch, Bryce Canyon, Utah 1968

Eliot Porter

Natural Arch, Bryce Canyon, Utah 1968

Sale Date: May 17, 2018

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Sunset Behind Las Tres Virgenes Volcano, 1966

Eliot Porter

Sunset Behind Las Tres Virgenes Volcano, 1966

Sale Date: June 24, 2018

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Highway, Eagles Nest, New Mexico, 1949

Eliot Porter

Highway, Eagles Nest, New Mexico, 1949

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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Waterfall, Supai, 1940

Eliot Porter

Waterfall, Supai, 1940

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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Group of four dye transfer prints, 1956

Eliot Porter and Ellen Auerbach

Group of four dye transfer prints, 1956

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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Georgia O'Keeffe with bust by Mary Callery,..., 1945

Eliot Porter

Georgia O'Keeffe with bust by Mary Callery,..., 1945

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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Portfolio II: Iceland (twelve photographs), 1972

Eliot Porter

Portfolio II: Iceland (twelve photographs), 1972

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Portfolio One: The Seasons (nine photographs), 1963

Eliot Porter

Portfolio One: The Seasons (nine photographs), 1963

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Intimate Landscapes (four photographs), 1957–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate Landscapes (four photographs), 1957–1977

Sale Date: June 5, 2018

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Poplars with Lichens, Great Spruce Head..., 1968

Eliot Porter

Poplars with Lichens, Great Spruce Head..., 1968

Sale Date: June 1, 2018

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Apples, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1942

Eliot Porter

Apples, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1942

Sale Date: June 1, 2018

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Lava Lizard Barrington Is., Galapagos

Eliot Porter

Lava Lizard Barrington Is., Galapagos

Sale Date: May 5, 2018

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Old Cottonwood Tree, 1988

Eliot Porter

Old Cottonwood Tree, 1988

Sale Date: May 1, 2018

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Scene in China

Eliot Porter

Scene in China

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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Bamboo forest, China

Eliot Porter

Bamboo forest, China

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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Group of 3 photographs from the portfolio...

Eliot Porter

Group of 3 photographs from the portfolio...

Sale Date: April 19, 2018

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

Eliot Porter

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

Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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Foxtail Grass, Colorado, 1957

Eliot Porter

Foxtail Grass, Colorado, 1957

Sale Date: February 28, 2018

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All Under Heaven: The Chinese World

Eliot Porter

All Under Heaven: The Chinese World

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Selection of 4 photographs from the portfolio...

Eliot Porter

Selection of 4 photographs from the portfolio...

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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Shad Tree in Bloom, Great Smokey Mountains

Eliot Porter

Shad Tree in Bloom, Great Smokey Mountains

Sale Date: February 15, 2018

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