Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature

by Paul Martineau

Book Overview

Known for his exquisite images of birds and landscape, Eliot Porter (American, 1901-1990) was a pioneer in the use of color photography. His work also became a powerful visual argument for environmental conservation. Trained as a medical doctor and possessing a scientist's gift for close observation, Porter explored new ways of depicting nature, building blinds in trees so he could study his avian subjects at closer vantage, and producing landscape...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606061194
• ISBN13: 9781606061190
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.8" x 11.2"