1. Edge of the Colorado River at Mile 122, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1967

2. Maple Leaves and Pine Needles, Tamworth New, 1956

3. Water-streaked Wall, Warm Springs Canyon, Utah,1965

4. Sunflower and Sandune, Colorado, 1959

5. Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon Arizona, 1967

6. Pool in a Brook, Pond Brook, Near Whiteface, 1953

7. River Canyon Junction—Öxnadalsheidh, Iceland

8. Red Osier, Near Great Barrington,…,1957

9. Fractured Obsidian—Landmannalaugar, Iceland

10. Steam Vent—Landmannalaugar, Iceland

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Eliot Porter was an American photographer known for his colorful images of the natural world. In the early 1940s, after devoting himself to photography, he began to transition from traditional black and white film to the new Kodachrome color film for the magazine photographers. However, in the decades that followed, he published many highly acclaimed books on photography. During his career as a photographer, he captured the disappearing wilderness of the United States, the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, and East Africa.

In the ten pictures, they all have a common similarity that the quality of these images is delicate and the colors are exquisite.

In the first picture, Porter flexibly combines the scene at that time to create an alternative light and darkness, with the rising water on the left reflecting the sunrise and fark yet unilluminated on the right side.

The second one shows the scene of a group of orange, red, yellow, and white maple leaves scattered on a bed of pine needles. Pine needles are used as the background color in this photo, highlighting the vibrant color of the leaves.

“Water-streaked Wall, Warm Springs Canyon, Utah,1965”, which Porter shows the public abstract patterns of water, rock, and light in the canyon that transcend their documentary value.

“Sunflower and sandune, Colorado, 1959” that a few sunflower stalks growing on the side of a sand dune. The sand dunes are covered in straight ripples. The sky above the desert is blue with few and scattered white clouds.

“Sculptured Rock, Marble Canyon Arizona, 1967” shows the scene of a natural rock formation forming a smooth grey spike rising from the ground. A small collection of round, multicolored rocks are resting in the crevice beside the spike.

The sixth one shows the transition from orange-red in the distant view to the dark blue in the foreground scene. Also, the combination of leaves in the water and the reflection of the sky form a shape of S in the water.

The structure of “Red osier, Near Great Barrington, …, 1957” is that the foreground in the photo is bushes with red branches, while the distant view is with bare white trunks. Give people a sense of visual impact

In the picture of “Fractured Obsidian”, The yellow vertical cracks and other variously sized cracks throughout the obsidian in the image give a sense of fragmentation but an overall hierarchy

The last picture “Steam Vent” shows steam rises from the blue, black and turquoise rock formations. Give the audience a hazy feeling. The mountains covered with snow are clearly visible in the distance.