ALLEN PORTER (b.1926) USA

Filmstrips 1947

Photogram vintage gelatin silver print

Size: (unframed): H: 11” x W: 14”
Size: (frame): H: 20” x W: 23”

After attending art programs at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Porter enrolled at the ID upon his return from military service in WWII. His course of study included graphic design and photography. His photograms were produced while working with famed ID photography instructors Frank Levstik and Ferenc Berko. Shortly after leaving the ID in 1949, Porter established a design office in Los Angeles during the height of the California modern design movement. He incorporated his innovative light work into design projects for important clients like Gruen Lighting and Carroll Sagar & Associates.