Amphitheater, Davis Gulch, Escalante basin

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Amphitheater, Davis Gulch, Escalante basin

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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
negative May 12, 1965; print 1980
Medium
Dye imbibition print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
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Object ID
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A natural arch formed at the base of a sandstone canyon. The arch is seen through between two rock formations. Green foliage is growing between the rocks in the foreground.

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