Eliot Porter
American Photographer · 1901–1990
30 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
Works
Amphitheater, Davis Gulch, Escalante basin
Getty Museum · negative May 12, 1965; print 1980
Aspens and Fallen Leaves, Maroon Lake Road, Aspen, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 30, 1951; print 1963
Aspens in Early Spring, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative June 1957; print 1963
Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, Utah
Getty Museum · negative May 23, 1962; print 1980
Coyote Gulch, Escalante River, Glen Canyon, Utah
Getty Museum · negative August 17, 1971; print 1980
Edge of River at Sunset below Paiute Rapids, San Juan River, Utah
Getty Museum · negative May 24, 1962; print 1979
Eroded Rock, Abiquiu, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative July 20, 1953; print 1963
Foxtail Grass, Lake City, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative August 15, 1957; print 1963
Grass and Tamarisk, Music Temple Bar, Glen Canyon, Utah
Getty Museum · September 23, 1961
Grass, Snow, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 30, 1959; print 1963
Hawkweed in Meadow, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · negative 1968; print 1981
Juniper Tree, Arches National Monument, Utah
Getty Museum · negative August 27, 1958; print 1988
Las Tres Virgenes Volcano at Sunset, near Mezquital, Baja California, Mexico
Getty Museum · negative August 12, 1966; print 1981
Maple Blossoms in Puddle, Chocorua, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative May 7, 1961; print 1963
Maple Leaves and Pine Needles, Tamworth, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative October 3, 1956; print 1981
Maple Sapling and Rock, Passaconaway, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative 1953; print 1981
Path in Woods, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · May 30,1981
Ponderosa Pine, Bear Head, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative August 28, 1960; print 1963
Redbud in bloom. Hidden Passage, Glen Canyon
Getty Museum · April 10, 1963
Red Leaves in Rock Cracks, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Getty Museum · negative August 23, 1955; print 1963
Red Tree near Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Getty Museum · negative October 7, 1967; print 1988
Reflections in Pool, Escalante River, Utah
Getty Museum · September 22, 1965
Rhodora canadense, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire
Getty Museum · negative May 21, 1953; print 1963
Rock-Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah
Getty Museum · negative August 14, 1971; print 1979
![[Ruins of Brick Buildings with Three Chimneys Standing]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/cf092133-77a6-440a-b721-6dc89778122f/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Ruins of Brick Buildings with Three Chimneys Standing]
Getty Museum · about 1935
Sand Dunes, Grass, Snow, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 30, 1959; print 1963
Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon, Arizona
Getty Museum · negative 1967; print 1981
Spruce Trees and River, Ashcroft Road, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative September 17, 1959; print 1963
Stones and Cracked Mud, Black Place, New Mexico
Getty Museum · negative June 9, 1977; print 1979
Sunflower and Sanddune, Colorado
Getty Museum · negative 1959; print 1981