Columbine Leaves, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine

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Columbine Leaves, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine

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Eliot Porter

American Photographer · 1901–1990

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> The first objects of nature that attracted me, as might be expected, were the most colorful ones. Of the birds they were those with the brightest plumage, while among other subjects they were the flowers, lichens, and autumn leaves. Gradually, the more subtle hues began to draw my attention--the colors of earth, of decaying wood, of bark, and then the strange colored reflections one sees when on

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Date
July 27, 1974
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
8bdf4c56-bb5f-416b-b661-892dc0b6f30c

A small patch of columbine leaves growing in between a group of rocks. The leaves are varying shades of green, yellow, purple, and blue. The rocks have yellow moss growing on the sides.

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