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Yann becomes photographer and contributor to newspapers such as National Geographic, Geo, Life, Paris Match, Figaro Magazine etc. Gradually, he began more personal work, particularly on the relationship man / animal which come out books Cattle and Horses. On the occasion of the first Rio conference in 1992, Yann Arthus-Bertrand decided to embark in a large photographic project for 2000 on the state of the world and its inhabitants: it's Earth View From Heaven . This book met with international success with over 3 million copies sold and the photographic exhibition outdoors, presented in a hundred countries, was seen by some 200 million people.
Born in 1946, Yann Arthus-Bertrand has always been interested in the animal world and natural areas. At age 20, he settled in central France and runs a nature reserve.
At thirty, he moved to Kenya with his wife Anne with whom he made a study of the behavior of a family of lions in the reserve Masai Mara, which will last 3 years. Very quickly, it uses the camera to record observations in addition to writing. To make a living, it is at the same time hot air balloon pilot. He discovers the world from the sky, and engages in aerial photography because it reveals another reality of a territory and its resources. It is really then that he found his vocation: to testify by the image of the beauty of the Earth but also the impact of humans on the planet. This adventure gave birth in 1981 to his first book Lions, lions Yann Arthus-Bertrand likes to present as its "first photography teachers."
Yann becomes report photographer and contributor to newspapers such as National Geographic, Geo, Life, Paris Match, Figaro Magazine etc. Gradually, he began more personal work, particularly on the relationship man / animal which come out books Cattle and Horses. On the occasion of the first Rio conference in 1992, Yann Arthus-Bertrand decided to embark in a large photographic project for 2000 on the state of the world and its inhabitants: it's Earth View From Heaven . This book met with international success with over 3 million copies sold and the photographic exhibition outdoors, presented in a hundred countries, was seen by some 200 million people.