James Elkins:
"(...) teaching in the Department of Visual and Critical Studies and the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
His writing focuses on the history and theory of images in art, science, and nature. Some of his books are exclusively on fine art (What Painting Is, Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?). Others include scientific and non-art images and archaeology (The Domain of Images, On Pictures and the Words That Fail Them), and some include natural history as well (How to Use Your Eyes)."
Auf der Homepage http://www.jameselkins.com sind ein paar Texte von ihm als PDF...
Ausserdem...
Viele wissenschaftliche Bilder gibt´s in der Datenbank der Science Photo Library:
http://www.sciencephoto.com