Acquisition Quote by Charles Elachi

Natural phenomena undisturbed by man point the way to the realization of a new technique. One needs a keen sense of observation. We must…

— Viktor Schauberger

I want to expose and evaluate the fact that the seeing and sensing process is a system that should not be taken for granted…

— Olafur Eliasson

The only technology that can 'see' beneath the ground is radar imagery. But satellite imagery also allows scientists to map short- and long-term changes…

— Sarah Parcak

Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.

— Lisette Model

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent…

— Ansel Adams

... photography is an imprint or transfer off the real; it is a photochemically processed trace causally connected to the thing in the world…

— Rosalind E. Krauss

Trivially speaking, ecological awareness means realising that beings are interconnected in some way, but then we have to figure out what this interconnection actually…

— Timothy Morton

The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images.

— Oskar Kokoschka

'Satellite archaeology' refers to the use of NASA and commercial high resolution satellite datasets to map and discover past structures, cities, and geological features.

— Sarah Parcak

Things which we see are not by themselves what we see ... It remains completely unknown to us what the objects may be by…

— Immanuel Kant

We're using satellites to help map and model cultural features that could never be seen on the ground because they're obscured by modernization, forests,…

— Sarah Parcak

Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied upon provided…

— Peter Medawar