| Eliot Porter's Southwest
[Click on the appropriate flag to buy the book] | Product Details Paperback Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Published 1991 From Library Journal Porter is well known as a sensitive color photographer. This well-made large-format book is a collection of some 90 black-and-white photographs, mostly taken in the 1940s at the beginning of his career. Subjects are predominantly picturesque natural scenes and old wooden buildings, many still occupied. These beautiful photographs demonstrate that Porter was as sensitive in his treatment of subject matter in his black-and-white work as he was later in color, when his mastery of tonal gradation was replaced by his subtle control of hue and saturation. In an entertaining autobiographical essay, the photographer writes about his youth, his adventures as a hobo, and his career change from medical science to full time photography. Worth having. Frank Davidoff, Consultant, CBS Broadcast Group, New York Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Book News, Inc. A reprint--in Duotone--of the limited edition of 1985. A splendid collection of Porter's desert photos--with all the grit and contrast the master put into his superior work. This book is necessary to any respectable photography collection. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado Eliot Porter; David Ross Brower; & Glen Canyon Institute |  |
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The Tree Where Man Was Born, That African Experience Eliot Porter; & Peter Matthiessen |  |
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The Color of Wildness: A Retrospective, 1936-1985 Eliot Porter; & Jonathan Porter |  |
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