Seeing from Above: The Aerial View in Visual Culture - Paperbackby Mark Dorrian (Editor), Frederic Pousin (Editor) The view from above, or the 'bird's eye' view, has become so ingrained in contemporary visual culture that it is now hard to imagine our world without it. It has risen to pre eminence as a way of seeing, but important questions about its effects and meanings remain unexplored. More powerfully than any other visual modality, this image of 'everywhere' supports our idea of a world view, yet it is one