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I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used.

Eliot Porter

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Eliot Porter

Eliot Porter

Born: December 6, 1901
Died: November 2, 1990 (aged 88)
Bio: Eliot Furness Porter was an American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature.
Known for:
  1. Intimate Landscapes: Photographs (1979)
  2. Nature's Chaos (1990)
  3. Eliot Porter Calendar 1982 (1973)

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