Arthusbertrands intention may be to collate their stories as a talking human tapestry, but larger tragedy inevitably gets condensed and submerged in the process. The result of a fiveyear airborne odyssey across five continents and 60 countries, earth from above is the most revealing and spectacular portrait of our world ever created. From a heartshaped mangrove forest in new caledonia to a flock of red ibises in venezuela, from a caravan of camels in mauritania to mt. Apr, 2017 5 years after the successfull 7 billion others project and its more than 5 millions visitors, yann arthusbertrand and the goodplanet foundation created human, the exhibition. Yann arthusbertrand was born in paris on march, 1946 in a renowned jewellers family founded by claude arthusbertrand and michelange marion. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on earth.
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Yann arthusbertrands powerful aerial photographs reveal the incidental beauty of the earth and its inhabitants, while the authoritative. It is because of this commitment that yann arthusbertrand was designated goodwill ambassador for the united nations environment programme on earth day april 22, 2009. I know better why the writings of ecclesiastes are in scripture. Yann arthusbertrand has been portraying the state of the planet in photographs since 1995. He is especially well known for his book the earth from the air, which has sold millions of copies since its first publication in 1999.
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