Eliot Allen is an urban planner and photographer living in Portland Oregon, where he first worked as a photographer's assistant at Photo-Art Studios. His images of the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America prior to 2000 are in 35mm film, and 35mm digital since 2000. A handful since 2017 are mobile phone images. 

Eliot is a member of the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, California; and Blue Sky, Oregon's photographic arts center in Portland. His work has appeared in juried exhibits at Blue Sky, the Black Box Gallery in Portland, and the Alex Ferrone Gallery in Cutchogue NY; and has been reproduced nationally by the Jones Soda Company. 

In 2022, he will be in juried exhibits at the FotoFoto Gallery in Huntington NY during February-March; and the Trolley Barn Gallery in Poughkeepsie NY during March - April.