Curator's Statement
Photographers
and selected images:
Pablo Cervantes
Fulvio Eccardi
Bill Evarts
Enrique Hambleton
Patricio Robles Gil
John S. Shelton
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John S. Shelton
La Jolla, California
A geologist filled with a love for music and machines, John Shelton is
best known for his pioneering aerial photography. Formerly associate
professor of geology at Pomona College, John has always been intensely
interested in the process of learning. He feels the earth sciences are
relevant to all of us on the planet, and the best way to understand how
Earth has evolved is to get out into the field. John's love of flying
enables him to reveal geologic features and processes through his aerial
photographs of wondrous landscapes. John is author of Geology
Illustrated, a life-changing book for many students. His aerial
photographs of North America are especially valuable today, when
diminishing air quality makes some of them irreplaceable.
Most elementary geological truths are best discovered and explored
where geology is—in the field—while looking at the evidence.... We take
a step toward this ideal by using photographs of localities that might
be visited and, so far as practicable, treating these scenes as prime
sources of information.
Isla Encantada, Baja California, © John S. Shelton
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