As part of the study, he made a picture inventory of the world's most beautiful landscapes, taken from helicopters and hot-air balloons. Great caravans of hundreds of camels transport this resource all over the country, where the salt is used for food conservation, cooking, and occasionally as a source of money exchange.

Some of this stuff proves that J G Ballard was right when he said that Earth is the only alien planet. Molto bella la pubblicazione (anche se le stampe sono un po scure) facente parte di una serie di successo planetario. I don't wear glasses, have 20/20 vision and have no problem reading books or from a computer screen, but the font used in the book made me squint. Therefore he made a picture inventory of the world’s most beautiful landscapes taken from helicopters and balloons. First and foremost, the accompanying texts (both the captions and the essays) are somewhat informative, but hugely propagandistic.Global warming, deforestation, very low levels of precipitation -- scientists are wondering why the snow on Africa's highest summit which, at 5,895 meters tall, is gradually disappearing. All in all, this is a fine photo book if you disregard the slanted captions and the fact that the pictures are not to be studied in close detail. This vibrant new edition of the internationally acclaimed original features an updated design and nearly 60 stunning new photographs. I agree that current rates of consumption are not sustainable and we need to correct course but thinking that the solution lies in going back in time is delusional and severely misguided. Young girls carrying buckets in the Dogon region, Mali — "During Africa's dry season, women and girls often travel 10 km on foot to collect water for household tasks," explained Arthus-Bertrand's agency.

Gossypium hirsutum, from the British West Indies, is the most cultivated cotton plant species in the world and was introduced to West Africa in the 19th century," explained Arthhus-Bertrand's agency. Arthus-Bertrand has continued to travel and photograph the planet, collecting material that has never before been published. I saw some of Arthus-Bertrand's photos on exhibit in Montreal, and I could not stop thinking about his work for months--it literally transformed the way I see the world. Aerial photography is complicated; the weather needs to be good, you need authorizations which is very complicated because a photographer is always seen as a spy in a foreign land, and you need helicopters in a good condition, on site," said Arthus-Bertrand. The human habitat reshaped to cultivate his food, seen from above, but also the natural shape of rivers, mountains, lakes.

The images reflect the artist's eagerness to assimilate back into a home that feels at once foreign and familiar. From a heart-shaped mangrove forest in New Caledonia to a flock of red ibises in Venezuela, from a caravan of camels in Mauritania to Mt. This superb book presents a new state of great ecological and social challenges facing the World today. I think there is something that all photographers share, and that is that we adore what we do, we are passionate about photography," said Arthus-Bertrand. At once inspiring and trancendentally beautiful, it offers a valuable new erspective on our spectacular but fragile environment.

Places include the mundane, like markets and farmland, to the famous, like the Greek temple of Delphi. At the conclusion of the first decade of the 21st century, the series of public exhibitions have been seen by over 200 million people.The Heart of Voh, New Caledonia — This image of a heart-shaped patch of land, which also adorned the cover of Arthus-Bertrand's book, is one of his most famous photographs from the ambitious project.