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Yann ARthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand,
born 1946 in France, has
become globally fa-
mous as a nature pho-
“With Earth from above,
tographer. During his I simply want people to see the Earth as it is today,
career he discovered as faithfully as possible. What motivates me is the impact
the beauty of the world a photograph can make within the framework of environmental
as seen from above preservation. The great novelty of our time is that mankind has the power to
when he became a hot change its environment and I want my photos to testify to this fact so people can realise this.”
air balloon pilot and be- ~~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
gan experimenting with
aerial photography. with more than three million copies sold world-
It was in the late 70s, in wide. The Earth from Above is also an open-air free
Kenya, while studying access exhibition that travels in more than 100
with his wife Anne the cities around the world and has attracted to this
every day life of a pride date over 100 million visitors. But it is still a work in
of lions that, that he progress. Many countries remain to be visited, and
truly became a photog- geographical coordinates of every shot will allow
rapher. He understood other photographers and scientists to locate and
that he had to tell the document the evolution of these sites.
facts through images At the same time, Yann Arthus-Bertrand carries
rather than words. He on with the systematic inventory of house pets and
also discovered the beauty of the world seen from domestic breeds, photographing the animals in
above when he became a hot air balloon pilot the studio or outdoors against a canvas backdrop.
and began experimenting aerial photography. In 2003 he launched "Six Billion Others." Camera-
Upon his return to France, he published in 1981 men travel the world to meet and interview
his first book Lions, first release of a series of 80 people as a mean to portray the planet under a
books. He also began a career as a reporter- humanistic angle. To date more than 4.000
photographer and closely worked with various interviews have been filmed in more than 65
naturalists including Dian Fossey and her mountain countries.
gorillas in Rwanda. His work was published in many In 2005 Yann Arthus-Bertrand created Good-
internationally known magazines such as Paris Planet, a non-profit organization which is
Match, Geo, Life or National Geographic. dedicated to the promotion of sustainable
In 1991, he created ALTITUDE, the first photo development, his leitmotiv, through all his different
agency specialized in aerial photography. projects. Yann would like to enable each and
In the 90s, under the patronage of UNESCO, he every one of us to become a custodian of our
embarked upon his most ambitious project: planetís future and consequently of our own
creating an image bank of the earth seen from future. He also directed a series of four, two hour
above. Yannís aim was to create a record of the documentaries entitled Earth From Above, which
worldís environment for present and future was shown on French television in 2006-2007, and
generations. In 1999, his work was published and started this year the production of a feature length
The Earth from Above, translated in 24 languages, film on the state of the global environment and
became one of the best selling illustrated books the challenges we are facing.
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