Above San Francisco: 50 Years of Aerial PhotographyIn 1969, Robert Cameron (1911 2009) began leaning out of a helicopter with his Pentax 6 7 cm camera to shoot city and landscapes above his beloved Bay Area. Since WWII, when Cameron worked for the War Department as a civilian assigned to take aerial night shots of exploding ordnance and tracers, aerial photography was his passion. With his masterful take on exposure, color, and composition, Cameron captured iconic structures and landmarks alongside