Eliot Porter Quotes

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

Sometimes you can tell a large story with a tiny subject.

The more you photograph, the more you realize what can and what can't be photographed. You just have to keep doing it.

My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.

Photographs are believed more than words; thus they can be used persuasively to show people who have never taken the trouble to look what is there.