Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

James W. Porth
"Silver Stacks, " Black and White Photograph signed by James W. Porth

1941

About the Item

"Silver Stacks" is a black and white photograph signed by James W. Porth. An industrial landscape is the focal point of this piece. Three exhaust pipes stand tall in the distance. A power line runs to the building. Art: 10 x 8 in Frame: 18.88 x 15.75 in
  • Creator:
    James W. Porth
  • Creation Year:
    1941
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.88 in (47.96 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 984d1stDibs: LU60535563061
More From This SellerView All
  • 'Route 66 Missouri: Former Antique Shop Sign, Phelps' photograph by T. Ferderbar
    By Thomas Ferderbar
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    In images such as this, the influence of Ansel Adams and the other members of the group f.64 is clearly evident. The group f.64 was intent on truth in the medium of photography, wanting to push the camera to see even more clearly than the human eye. To do this, they used the small aperture, marked by the f-stop 64, which allows the camera to have an expansive depth of field. In this image, the earthy and sensuous textures of the brick and stone walls stand in direct contrast to the clean lines and graphic finish of the Route 66 sign. Ferderbar's mastery of the camera as an instrument brings out these contrasts following the legacies of the earlier American masters. 10 x 8 inches, image 13.75 x 11.5 inches, sheet 16.13 x 13.88 inches, frame Signed lower right Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting, Museum Glass to inhibit fading, and housed in a modern profile silver finish wood moulding. ARTIST STATEMENT: I wanted to become a photographer at the age of 12, when my sister Grace gave me a Kodak Box Brownie camera for Christmas. (I still have that camera.) Since our family was quite poor, I built my first enlarger with an oatmeal box, while that same box camera was used as its lens. In 1947, just after graduation from high school, I had the opportunity to travel to California by car and house trailer with my uncle, aunt and mother, and in the process to shoot my first pictures along Route 66. Then, after graduation from college, a stint in the army followed by photography school, I opened an advertising photography studio in 1954. For over four decades my staff and I earned numerous local, regional and national awards for our achievements in photography, including several "best of show" honors. In 1958 I studied with renowned landscape photographer Ansel Adams at his Yosemite National Park workshop. In 1980, while still operating my advertising photography studio, I began a serious photographic study of the decaying artifacts along our country's former Mother Road, Route 66. The former national highway route from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California was not a popular subject at the time, and so I filed away my transparencies, not knowing what I might ever do with them. However, as time passed Route 66 did become a topic of national interest, and upon my retirement in 1997, I once again returned to record the Mother Road's artifacts. A number of my Yosemite series photographs are included in the Ansel and Virginia Adams collection at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona at Tucson, and several of my Route 66 photographs and other subjects have been acquired by the Milwaukee Art Museum. At this time I am preparing a book of my photographic experiences along Route 66, from 1947 to the present. -Tom Ferderbar
    Category

    Early 2000s American Modern Black and White Photography

    Materials

    Black and White, Photographic Paper

  • Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Hawaii Travel Signed
    By Robert Kawika Sheer
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    "Three Hawaiian Spirits at Waikiki" is an original fine-art chromogenic photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The image is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edi...
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

  • Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Americana Signed
    By Robert Kawika Sheer
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    "Lightning Along Route 66 Arizona - Navajo Exit" is a long-exposure photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. This limited edition photograph depicts the light trails from cars along Americ...
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

  • Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
    By Robert Kawika Sheer
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    "The Spirits of Stonehenge" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The image is signed in the lower right and editioned in the lower left. Edition 51/250. The ima...
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

  • Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
    By Robert Kawika Sheer
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    "The Ocean Spirit, Pupukea, Oahu" is a long-exposure limited edition photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned it in the lower ...
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

  • Landscape Photograph Contemporary Modern Performance Art Travel Spiritual Signed
    By Robert Kawika Sheer
    Located in Milwaukee, WI
    "Anza Borrego Spirit Shadows & Star-Trails" is an original fine-art photograph by Robert Kawika Sheer. The artist signed this piece in the lower right and editioned it in the lower l...
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

You May Also Like
  • View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
    Located in Roma, IT
    View Of Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. A historical testimonial of the cityscape through the art of photography c...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper

  • View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
    Located in Roma, IT
    View Of Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. A historical testimonial of the cityscape through the art of photography c...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper

  • View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
    Located in Roma, IT
    View Of Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. A historical testimonial of the cityscape through the art of photography c...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper

  • Ancient Views of Shanghai - Albumen Prints - 1890s
    Located in Roma, IT
    Ancient views of Shanghai is a set of two vintage albumen prints on single cardboard: 34 x 26 cm. The image on the front and on the rear 21.5 x 27 cm. ...
    Category

    Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper

  • View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
    Located in Roma, IT
    View Of Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century as reprint of an image of the late 19th century. Good conditions. A historical testimonial o...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper

  • View Of Rome - Vintage Photograph - Early 20th Century
    Located in Roma, IT
    View Of Rome is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century as reprint of an image of the late 19th century. Good conditions. A historical testimonial o...
    Category

    Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Photography

    Materials

    Photographic Paper

Recently Viewed

View All