Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrandis a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth13 March 1946
CountryFrance
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air order years
I learned to be a hot-air balloon pilot to take tourists over the Masai Mara Reserve in order to earn some money and finance the work I was doing with my wife, Anne. We were studying the life of a family of lions for more than two years. Taking pictures was a way to capture information we could not put in words.
men air impact
The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
believe
You know the problem, we don't want to believe what we know.
ready truth utopia utopian
There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready to hear.
path birth environmentalist
No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you.
years needs helping
The trust we build over the years if of tremendous help to me when I start in a new project and need to find associates.
film used national-geographic
I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film.
home keys earth
The key of 'The Earth from Above,' and of 'Home' is to show the beauty of the planet, and thereby to promote love for it.
opportunity environment speak
I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
new-orleans house pilots
After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.
portraits different used
For me, an aerial picture is no different than a close-up portrait. It's a question of framing and angle. Helicopters are great for that. But I've also used planes. Of course, I always have a harness.
country fighting years
For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
technology focus experts
I'm not an expert when it comes to technology, but what changed things for me was autofocus. I used to have to throw away half my pictures because it was so difficult to get the focus right.
children animal men
Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They don't see that we are eating the planet. But we are. If you take all the biomass of vertebrates on the planet, 98% are men and their domestic animals. All the wild animals in the world make up only 2%.