Eliot Porter was born on December 6, 1901 in Winnetka, Illinois, U.S.. Unfortunately he passed away on November 2 of 1990 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

To photograph birds, a beloved subject, he used a system of strobe lights. He would typically spend several hours composing the scene.

Porter’s first photographs of birds were in black and white. However, in the early 1940s he began using the new "Kodachrome" colored film.

In the 1960s, he began a long-term collaboration with the Sierra Club to produce books focusing on the preservation of natural resources.

His exquisite prints earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship and a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.