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. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
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,… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
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.… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
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… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment. — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
The trust we build over the years if of tremendous help to me when I start in a new project and need to find… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
There is something very utopian about what I do. But utopia is nothing more than a truth that the world is not yet ready… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
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… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
