
Eliot Porter
American Photographer · 1901–1990
53 works on LinkedCulture
> 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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Abandoned Farm, South Coast, Iceland
Getty Museum · 1972
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Algae on Boulders, Low Tide, Hellnar, Snaefellsnes, Iceland
Getty Museum · negative July 14, 1972; print 1977
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Amphitheater, Davis Gulch, Escalante basin
Getty Museum · negative May 12, 1965; print 1980
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Aspens and Fallen Leaves, Maroon Lake Road, Aspen, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 30, 1951; print 1963
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Aspens and Grass, Elk Mountain Road, New Mexico
Getty Museum · October 3, 1972
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Aspens in Early Spring, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative June 1957; print 1963
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Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, Utah
Getty Museum · negative May 23, 1962; print 1980
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Colorful Trees, Newfound Gap Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Getty Museum · negative October 1967; print 1979
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Columbine Leaves, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · July 27, 1974
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Coyote Gulch, Escalante River, Glen Canyon, Utah
Getty Museum · negative August 17, 1971; print 1980
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Cypress Trunks and Thalia, Everglades National Park, Florida
Getty Museum · negative February 21, 1954; print 1963
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Edge of River at Sunset below Paiute Rapids, San Juan River, Utah
Getty Museum · negative May 24, 1962; print 1979
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Eroded Rock, Abiquiu, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative July 20, 1953; print 1963
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Escalante River Outwash, Glen Canyon, Utah
Getty Museum · negative September 4, 1962; print 1980
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Foxtail Grass, Lake City, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative August 15, 1957; print 1963
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Foxtail Grass, Lake City, Colorado
Getty Museum · August 1957
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Fractured Obsidian, Landmannalaugar, Iceland
Getty Museum · 1972
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[Frostbitten Apples, Tesuque, New Mexico]
Getty Museum · November 21, 1966
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Grass and Tamarisk, Music Temple Bar, Glen Canyon, Utah
Getty Museum · September 23, 1961
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Grass, Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 30, 1959; print 1963
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Hawkweed in Meadow, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · negative 1968; print 1981
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Ice in Glacial Lake, Fjallsarlon, South Coast, Iceland
Getty Museum · 1972
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Juniper Tree, Arches National Monument, Utah
Getty Museum · negative August 27, 1958; print 1988
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Las Tres Virgenes Volcano at Sunset, near Mezquital, Baja California, Mexico
Getty Museum · negative August 12, 1966; print 1981
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Lichen on Round Stones near Flaajokull, South Coast, Iceland
Getty Museum · negative July 31, 1972; print 1977
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Maple and Birch Trunks and Oak Leaves, Passaconaway Road, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative October 7, 1956; print 1979
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Maple Blossoms in Puddle, Chocorua, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative May 7, 1961; print 1963
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Maple Leaves and Pine Needles, Tamworth, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative October 3, 1956; print 1981
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Maple Sapling and Rock, Passaconaway, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative 1953; print 1981
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Moss, Waterfall, Cinders, near Dam Site on Thjorsa River
Getty Museum · negative June 26, 1972; print 1975
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Path in Woods, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · May 30,1981
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Ponderosa Pine, Bear Head, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative August 28, 1960; print 1963
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Redbud in bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon
Getty Museum · April 10, 1963
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Redbud Trees in Bottomland, Near Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Getty Museum · negative April 17, 1968; print 1979
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Red Leaves in Rock Cracks, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · negative August 23, 1955; print 1963
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Red Tree near Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Getty Museum · negative October 7, 1967; print 1988
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Reflections in Pool, Escalante River, Utah
Getty Museum · September 22, 1965
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Rhodora canadense, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative May 21, 1953; print 1963
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River Canyon Junction, Oxnadalsheidhi, West of Akureyri, Iceland
Getty Museum · negative July 19, 1972; print 1977
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Rock-Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah
Getty Museum · negative August 14, 1971; print 1979
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[Ruins of Brick Buildings with Three Chimneys Standing]
Getty Museum · about 1935
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Sand Dunes, Grass, Snow, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 30, 1959; print 1963
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Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon, Arizona
Getty Museum · negative 1967; print 1981
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Shadbush, near Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative April 28, 1957; print 1979
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Spruce Trees and River, Ashcroft Road, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 17, 1959; print 1963
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Steam Vent, Landmannalaugar, Iceland
Getty Museum · 1972
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Stones and Cracked Mud, Black Place, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative June 9, 1977; print 1979
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Sunflower and Sanddune, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative 1959; print 1981
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Tidal Marsh, McKinley, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Getty Museum · negative August 4, 1965; print 1981
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Wall Detail, Fractured Windgate Sandstone
Getty Museum · 1961
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Waterslide from Above, Long Canyon, Utah
Getty Museum · September 21, 1965
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White Flower on Black Ash Cliff, Langahlidh, Iceland
Getty Museum · negative June 20, 1972; print 1975
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Wind-Eroded Volcanic Ash, Kleifarvatn, Iceland
Getty Museum · 1972
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