Being the author of an iconic image: luck or curse?
For all French people, whether he likes it or not, Yann Arthus-Bertrand will always be
"the one who took the photo of the heart",
that of Voh, in New Caledonia.
Sublime symbol which will have, almost by itself, brought the success of his work
The Earth Seen from the Sky
, sold more than 3 million copies.
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But it would be cruel and unfair to summarize the work of "YAB" in this simple cliché.
Because if, in the media, the 75-year-old man has gone far beyond the simple role of photographer (by asserting himself as a claimed environmentalist and activist with his GoodPlanet foundation, or journalist and director with his films which always captivate a large audience), it is his eye, his creativity and his photographic audacity that constitute the foundations of his entire career.
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The aerial shots published in these pages, at a time when drones and other light microlights could not replace difficult helicopters
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