Porter, who died in 1990, transformed nature photography through his acute perception, formal brilliance and extraordinary technical skill, while simultaneously becoming a pioneer of environmental ...

Eliot’s approach is very similar, but by relying on ranges of nuance among a single set of colors as, say, in his “Lava and Ash Talus,” an earthy red pile shot on the Galapagos in 1968, we ...

I have admired Eliot Porter's photographs for many years. But it was only recently that I discovered the depth and breadth of his work. His subject is nature in all its splendid variations. He was ...

His brother, Fairfield Porter, introduced him to Stieglitz, who in 1938 gave Eliot a photography exhibit at his renowned gallery, An American Place, in New York City.

Photography Review Photographer Eliot Porter put the living into living color By Mark Feeney Globe Staff,January 18, 2018, 10:00 p.m.

Porter turned full time to photography (and to color) shortly after the Stieglitz show, and his career as an exhibiting artist sped off. He was included in the first exhibition staged by the ...

Eliot Porter, Winnetka-born photographer whose color landscapes have been reproduced on numerous Sierra Club posters, died Friday in St. Vincent`s Hospital in Santa Fe. He was 88. He died of ...

It's been said that when asked "Why birds?" photographer Eliot Porter replied as if it were obvious: "Because they fly." The thing is, these are so much more than just bird photos.