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 (613 results)

In Wildness Portfolio (6 works), 1953–1968

Eliot Porter

In Wildness Portfolio (6 works), 1953–1968

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Intimate Landscapes Portfolio (5 works), 1962–1977

Eliot Porter

Intimate Landscapes Portfolio (5 works), 1962–1977

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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Bracken and Hawkweed, Seney, Michigan, July..., 1973

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Bracken and Hawkweed, Seney, Michigan, July..., 1973

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1938

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Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1938

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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In Wildness, 1953–1981

Eliot Porter

In Wildness, 1953–1981

Sale Date: March 8, 2024

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Red Tree near Cades Cove, Great Smoky..., 1967

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Red Tree near Cades Cove, Great Smoky..., 1967

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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

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

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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Birch Trees on Cliff, near Keene Valley,..., 1963

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Birch Trees on Cliff, near Keene Valley,..., 1963

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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Aspens by Lake, Pike National Forest, Colorado, 1959

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Aspens by Lake, Pike National Forest, Colorado, 1959

Sale Date: February 20, 2024

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Arctic Tern

Eliot Porter

Sale Date: February 16, 2024

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Stones and Cracked Mud, Black Place, New..., 1977

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Stones and Cracked Mud, Black Place, New..., 1977

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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In Wildness Potfolio (complete with 10 works)

Eliot Porter

In Wildness Potfolio (complete with 10 works)

Sale Date: December 13, 2023

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Three works from the Glen Canyon portfolio, 1962

Eliot Porter

Three works from the Glen Canyon portfolio, 1962

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Dry Cypress Swamp, Tamiami Trail Loop Road,..., 1974

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Dry Cypress Swamp, Tamiami Trail Loop Road,..., 1974

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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White Aspen and Hillside, near Steamboat..., 1968

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White Aspen and Hillside, near Steamboat..., 1968

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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Redbud and Tulip Poplar, 1968

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Redbud and Tulip Poplar, 1968

Sale Date: December 5, 2023

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Old Cottonwood Tree, Moki Canyon, Glen..., 1963

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Old Cottonwood Tree, Moki Canyon, Glen..., 1963

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Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1938

Eliot Porter

Penobscot Bay, Maine, 1938

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Sunflower and Sanddune, 1981

Eliot Porter

Sunflower and Sanddune, 1981

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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In Wildness Portfolio (10 works)

Eliot Porter

In Wildness Portfolio (10 works)

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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A portfolio titled Certain Passages., 1942

Eliot Porter

A portfolio titled Certain Passages., 1942

Sale Date: October 5, 2023

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Twelve Plates From

Eliot Porter

Twelve Plates From "Portfolio II: Iceland, 1972

Sale Date: August 29, 2023

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Cactus Blossoms, Big Bend, Texas' and..., 1950–1969

Eliot Porter

Cactus Blossoms, Big Bend, Texas' and..., 1950–1969

Sale Date: July 13, 2023

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Forest Floor Costa Rica 84-56, 1979, 1979

Eliot Porter

Forest Floor Costa Rica 84-56, 1979, 1979

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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