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)

Bear Tooth Mountain, Twin Lakes, Montana, 1988

Eliot Porter

Bear Tooth Mountain, Twin Lakes, Montana, 1988

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 1988

Eliot Porter

Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 1988

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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Noctilucent Clouds over Mt. Baker, Washington, 1975

Eliot Porter

Noctilucent Clouds over Mt. Baker, Washington, 1975

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, 1977

Eliot Porter

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, 1977

Sale Date: December 13, 2017

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FOREST FLOOR, COSTA RICA, 1970–1979

Eliot Porter

FOREST FLOOR, COSTA RICA, 1970–1979

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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BOOGUM TREE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, 1975

Eliot Porter

BOOGUM TREE, BAJA CALIFORNIA, 1975

Sale Date: November 10, 2017

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Maine, 1965

Eliot Porter

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Wiencke Island, Antarctica, 1976

Eliot Porter

Wiencke Island, Antarctica, 1976

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon, Utah, 1962

Eliot Porter

Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon, Utah, 1962

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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CERTAIN PASSAGES, 1942–1976

Eliot Porter

CERTAIN PASSAGES, 1942–1976

Sale Date: October 5, 2017

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In the Wilderness Portfolio, 1953–1968

Eliot Porter

In the Wilderness Portfolio, 1953–1968

Sale Date: October 11, 2017

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In Wildness (10 works), 1981

Eliot Porter

In Wildness (10 works), 1981

Sale Date: October 3, 2017

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Intimate Landscapes (10 works), 1979

Eliot Porter

Intimate Landscapes (10 works), 1979

Sale Date: October 3, 2017

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White Boulder, Black Place, New Mexico, 1945

Eliot Porter

White Boulder, Black Place, New Mexico, 1945

Sale Date: July 19, 2017

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A pair of photographs from the series, 1980

Eliot Porter

A pair of photographs from the series, 1980

Sale Date: April 20, 2017

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Portfolio Two: Iceland, 1972

Eliot Porter

Portfolio Two: Iceland, 1972

Sale Date: April 20, 2017

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Eliot Porter: Western Landscapes, 1988

Eliot Porter

Eliot Porter: Western Landscapes, 1988

Sale Date: April 25, 2017

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Intimate Landscapes (set of 10), 1979

Eliot Porter

Intimate Landscapes (set of 10), 1979

Sale Date: April 4, 2017

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New Mexico

Eliot Porter

Sale Date: March 4, 2017

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Portfolio entitled China, 1980

Eliot Porter

Portfolio entitled China, 1980

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Strangler Fig Roots, Everglades National..., 1954

Eliot Porter

Strangler Fig Roots, Everglades National..., 1954

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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Jonathan Porter, Great Spruce Head Island,..., 1938

Eliot Porter

Jonathan Porter, Great Spruce Head Island,..., 1938

Sale Date: February 14, 2017

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WHITE BOULDER, BLACK PLACE,” NEW MEXICO, 1945

Eliot Porter

WHITE BOULDER, BLACK PLACE,” NEW MEXICO, 1945

Sale Date: February 9, 2017

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Reflections in Pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Eliot Porter

Reflections in Pool, Indian Creek, Escalante , 1965

Sale Date: November 10, 2016

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