Porter, Eliot. Down the Colorado. Diary of the First Trip through the Grand Canyon by John Wesley Powell, 1869. Condition:1st printing with dust jacket #98 in an edition of

#98 in an edition of 1

Architectural Commentary: To contextualize the images

Driven by a desire to connect with his roots

Graydon Wood

Evan Lindner

Porter, Eliot. Down the Colorado. Diary of the First Trip through the Grand Canyon by John Wesley Powell, 1869. Condition:1st printing with dust jacket #98 in an edition ofE. P. Dutton, 1969. Photographs and Epilogue by Eliot Porter. Beautifully printed black and white and color photographs by Eliot Porter on heavyweight glossy paper, this oversize book was written by the famous one armed explorer Powell about his trip down the river in 1869. [Eliot Porter was one of the major scenic photographers of the 20th century. He produced many books of his work, including In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World, The Place