Additional artwork by Eliot Porter. Text is in English. Size - H: 9', W: 6', D: .125' This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Binding is intact. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover in very good condition with only light wear. A very nice copy of this item. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

A Passion for Birds: Eliot Porter's Photography

Publisher

Amon Carter Museum June 1997

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0883600897

ISBN 13

9780883600894

Binding

Trade Paperback

Condition

Used Very Good

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Eighteen color and eight black and white photographs illustrate this 62 page book about the innovative photographer's, Eliot Porter (1901-1990), bird photography.

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"Eliot Porter photographed birds with a scientist's mind and an artist's passion. Porter the scientist provided the intellectual rationale; he often claimed that he had been drawn to this demanding yet colorful subject to improve the quality of ornithological photography. That goal he amply met: he perfected an elaborate lighting system, which for the first time allowed stop action photography within darkened forest depths; he taught himself how to make color photographs decades before the medium became practical; and he used these two innovations to repeatedly create intimate portraits of his subjects perched and hovering around their nests."

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