Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Photographer

1946-03-13

Books by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness
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The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you.
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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.
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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%.
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