Pairing fine art photography and geology, Jonathon Wells’ photo-geologic composites search for an interplay between the built environment and the geologic foundation below.

 


This unusual surface/subsurface perspective offers a provocative point from which to consider landscape and contemplate our sense of place.

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Pairing fine art photography and geology, Jonathon Wells’ photo-geologic composites search for an interplay between the built environment and the geologic foundation below.

 


This unusual surface/subsurface perspective offers a provocative point from which to consider landscape and contemplate our sense of place.

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Series

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New York – City Block

Boston Basin

Boston Basin

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Minneapolis – St. Paul

About Jonathon Wells

About Jonathon Wells

Trained as both a fine art photographer and as a geologist, Jonathon Wells has created scientifically accurate photo-geologic composites with both surface and subsurface views since 2002. He continues to build the existing Urban Foundations, Altered Ground, and Earth Structures series at sites around the world where he identifies a thought-provoking intersection of land use and underlying geology.

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About Jonathon Wells

About Jonathon Wells

Current Practice

Trained as both a fine art photographer and as a geologist, Jonathon Wells has created scientifically accurate photo-geologic composites with both surface and subsurface views since 2002. He continues to build the existing Urban Foundations, Altered Ground, and Earth Structures series at sites around the world where he identifies a thought-provoking intersection of land use and underlying geology.

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