Word: arthus
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...France has "world stars," ones that reach millions of spectators, too, even if they are not subsidized by the authorities: photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, author Yasmina Reza, designer Philippe Starck, Daft Punk and soprano Natalie Dessay...
...Arthus-Bertrand has been spreading his message in a series of best-selling Earth from Above photo books and a traveling outdoor show of nearly 150 4-ft. by 6-ft. prints accompanied by captions that link the images to the environmental issues at stake. Since the show was first mounted in Paris four years ago, it has been seen by millions of people in 53 cities. To find a project of comparable ambition, you have to look back to "The Family of Man," the milestone 1955 museum show that toured the world to illustrate common threads in the human...
...lifeless horizon. Revealing the planet for the first time as a pristine blue and white jewel in the black void of space, the picture became an instant classic, inspiring poets and becoming a symbol of the ecology movement. "It is truly the most beautiful photo ever taken," says Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 56, a French aerial photographer who for the past 10 years has been snapping shots of the planet from slightly closer range. He has taken more than 100,000 pictures of the earth in the past decade alone, capturing the stunning patterns and characteristics of the natural and manmade...