I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment..

The key of 'The Earth from Above,' and of 'Home' is to show the beauty of the planet, and thereby to promote love for it..

An image of the earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can t….

I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography..

No one is an environmentalist by birth. It is only your path, your life, your travels that awaken you..

It's time to come together. We all have the power to change, so what are we waiting for?.

The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you..

Will we be able to imagine a new culture of water?.

The trust we build over the years if of tremendous help to me when I start in a new project and need to find associates..

One fifth of human kind depend on fish to live. Today now 70 percent of the fish stock are over-exploited. According to FAO if we don't change our sy….

To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult..

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 half my pictures because it….

I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for National Geographic, and they gave us a lot of film..

The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use ….

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 the work I was doing wit….

The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - yo….

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 al….

The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? B….

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. But we are. If you….

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 t….

For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment….