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Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Yann Arthus-Bertrand (born March 13, 1946 in Paris) is a French photographer, journalist, reporter and environmentalist. He founded the Altitude Agency in 1991, which was the world's first press agency and images bank specialising in aerial photography (500,000 pictures taken in more than 100 countries by more than 100 photographers).

In 1994 Arthus-Bertrand started a thorough study on the state of the Earth sponsored by UNESCO. As part of the study, he made a picture inventory of the world's most beautiful landscapes, taken from helicopters and hot-air balloons. The book from this project, Earth from Above (‘la Terre vue du ciel’) sold over 3 million copies and was translated into 24 languages.

In 2000, his "Earth from Above" free exhibition was set up on numerous big posters on the gates of Jardins du Luxembourg in Paris. It then travelled worldwide from Lyon to Montreal, to 110 cities and was visited by 120 million people.

Autumn forest in the region of Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada

  Nunavut Territory, landscape of ice, Canada

  Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone national park, Wyoming, United

States

  Arm of Lake Mead, Muddy Mountains, Nevada, United States

  B-52S at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona, United

States

  Farming near Pullman, Washington, United States

  Interchange between the 105 and 110 freeways, Los Angeles, United

States

  Lake Powell, Arm of the San Juan River, Utah, United States

  Mangroves in Everglades national park, Florida, United States

  Marathon crossing the Verrazano Bridge, New York, United States

  Monument Valley Park, United States

  Mouth of the Mississippi River, Louisiana, United States

  Power lines in a field near Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

  San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California, United States

  The Golf Club at Chelsea Piers, New York, United States

  The World Trade Center (before 9.11), New York, United States

  Tractor in a field near Bozeman, Montana, United States

  Windmills of Banning Pass, near Palm Springs, California, United

States

  Wooded island on a lake on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States

  Yankee Stadium, New York City, United States

  Young basketball player at Torrance Cornerstone elementary school,

Los Angeles, California, United States

Denver, United States

  Islet and sea bed, Exuma Cays, Bahamas

  Agricultural landscape in north-west of Guatemala

  Guanaja ravaged by Hurricane Mitch, Bay Islands, Honduras

  Village ravaged by Hurricane Mitch, Islas de la Bahia, Honduras

Mexcaltitan, Nayarit State, Mexico

  Refuse dump in Mexico City, Mexico

  Punta Cancun, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

  Salt drying on the coast of Quemaro, Jalisco, Mexico

  Market near Xochimilco District, Mexico City, Mexico

  Church at the foot of the Paricutin volcano, San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacan, Mexico

  Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan State, Mexico

  Birds flying over the lagoon near the Mangroves of San Blas,

Nayarit State, Mexico

Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Amazon River, Brazil

Machu Picchu, Peru

Easter Island, Chile

Cattle, Argentina

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