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Eliot Furness Porter

author · photographer

American[1] b. 6 December 1901, Winnetka, Illinois[1] d. 2 November 1990, Santa Fe, New Mexico[1] active 1938–1990

Eliot Furness Porter (1901–1990) was an American photographer and naturalist renowned for his pioneering color photographs of nature. After earning degrees in chemical engineering and medicine from Harvard University, he began pursuing photography full-time in 1938 following encouragement from Alfred Stieglitz. Porter is credited with bringing credibility to color photography as a fine art medium, specifically through his 'intimate landscape' style—quiet, close-range compositions of natural elements. He served as a director of the Sierra Club (1965–1971) and published numerous books documenting ecologically significant locations including Antarctica, Glen Canyon, and Iceland. His work often combined visual art with environmental history and conservation themes.[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

  • nature photography
  • conservation
  • intimate landscapes
  • color photography

Books

  1. Eliot Furness Porter Antarctica 2455
    Antarctica
    Eliot Furness Porter
    €20.00

Works by Eliot Furness Porter

  • 1978 Antarctica Hutchinson · book · English · ISBN 0091363403 Photographic exploration of the continent's stark beauty.
  • 1962 In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World book Pioneered the genre of nature photography coffee-table books.
  • 1963 The Place No One Knew, Glen Canyon on the Colorado book
  • 1966 Summer Island: Penobscot country book
  • 1979 Intimate Landscapes Dutton · book · ISBN 978-0-87099-210-0 First one-person show of color photography at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • 1985 Southwest book
  • 1987 Eliot Porter Little, Brown and Company · book
  • 1990 Nature’s Chaos book Collaborative work with James Gleick.

Exhibitions

  • 1938 An American Place New York City · group
  • 1979 Intimate Landscapes: Photographs The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · solo

References

  1. Amon Carter Museum. Eliot Porter collection guide. link
  2. Anne W. Tucker. Eliot Porter: Intimate Landscapes. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 1983
  3. Amon Carter Museum. Biography of Eliot Porter. link
  4. Eliot Porter. Eliot Porter. Little, Brown and Company. 1987
  5. Eliot Porter. American Birds: 10 Photographs in Color. McGraw Hill. 1953
  6. Eliot Porter. Intimate landscapes : photographs. Metropolitan Museum of Art : Dutton. 1979
  7. Sierra Club link
  8. American Academy of Arts and Sciences link
  9. Intimate Landscapes: Photographs. 1979 link