Yann Arthus-Bertrand's war on complacency
Environmental activist, photographer and filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand is determined to engage as many of the Earth's citizens as possible in the stewardship of the planet. He argues that each one of us, individually and collectively, globally and locally, has a role to play in our shared future.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand is working on an ambitious new project with OMEGA: together they will produce and direct a film about the Earth's oceans, serving both to remind viewers of these natural beauties that cover two-thirds of the planet's surface and to raise the awareness of what can be done to protect them.
Arthus-Bertrand's film Home was the first feature-length movie to be made using only aerial footage. It was completely filmed from helicopters flying over more than fifty countries. It focuses on the effect that 200,000 years of human habitation on Earth has affected four billion years of natural evolution. The director intended it as an urgent call to action and it is available free of charge to anyone who wishes to see it.
Asked why OMEGA selected Arthus-Bertrand to create the film about the oceans, OMEGA president Stephen Urquhart said, "No one could do it better. Yann Arthus-Bertrand is both an environmentalist and the world's leading specialist in aerial photography. He has a unique combination of skills that will allow him to communicate the majesty and the beauty of the oceans cinematically."
". . . his unique combination of skills allow him to communicate the majesty and the beauty of the oceans cinematically." OMEGA president Stephen Urquhart
OMEGA announced the partnership at in May of 2011. Arthus-Bertrand, said of the project, "OMEGA and I will work together to create a film which meaningfully reflects the beauty of the oceans and reminds everyone to save these amazing sources of life".
In 2009 Yann Arthus-Bertrand was designated as the United Nations Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador (UNEP) and received the ‘Earth Champion’ award for his commitment towards the environment and his work on public environmental awareness.
