Eli porter biography
Eli porter biography
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Eliot Porter
American photographer (1901–1990)
Eliot Furness Porter (December 6, 1901 – November 2, 1990) was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature.[1]
Early life and education
Porter credited his father, James Porter, with instilling in him a love for nature as well as a commitment to scientific rigor.
An amateur photographer since childhood, Eliot Porter found early inspiration photographing the birds on Maine's Great Spruce Head Island owned by his family.[2] Porter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemical engineering from Harvard College and a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School, and remained at Harvard after graduation as a medical researcher.[3] One of Eliot Porter's five siblings was the painter and art critic Fairfield Porter.
Career
Fairfield Porter introduced his older brother to photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz in about 1930. Stieglitz, after seeing Porter's work, enc