Monday, 2 August, 2004

seen from above...

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...the earth looks remarkably different from how we normally perceive it...

...world renowned aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Earth from the Air" is being exhibited here at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh for the next two months... and i've had a chance to view his amazing shots captured from the air on sunday... a total of 160 prints are enlarged and exhibited out-doors next to the glasshouse and with each of them, you witness through the photographer's bird's eye view, a different aspect of our earth: it's breath-taking beauty when free of any unecological human activity; it's devastating state when humans intervene in its order of things; the natural calamities experienced by a vast majority of the human population; migration, activities and the struggles of life; traces of humanity as the marks left behind by our ancient ancestors suggest; the patterns and colours we create through our activities etc... all insinuating a strong view of preservation, appreciation and mindfulness of our own way of being....




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some of you might be acquainted with his pictures of the travelling dromedaries across the Sahara (click for caption),











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or the salt-corroded heart-shaped tanne in the mangrove regions of the French pacific isles (click for caption),









or many of his photographs of agriculture-induced as well as naturally weathered landscapes... spectactular sceneries as well as worrying problems.... all these and many others are being displayed and shown to the public (including the blind and partially sighted!) across britain...and i am glad edinburgh is one of places enjoying their visit.

following a lovely picnic in the beautiful botanic grounds with ruth and michelle, i spent the rest of the afternoon being captivated and mesmerised by the different visual sensations and interesting ponderings over concepts like 'ownership', 'identity', 'sustainability', 'development', 'aid', 'creation' etc.... and unwittingly... recharging my chronic desire to see the world...


all the pictures you see in this entry are taken from the Press Center at
http://www.earthfromtheair.com/
and belong rightfully to Yann Arthus-Bertrand/ImpactPhotos
http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/


posted by ~overacuppa~ on Monday, 2 August, 2004 at 15:50 hrs
Comments

wow...amazing photos...if only they would come to Sg!

Posted by: joan on Tuesday, 3 August, 2004 at 04:48 hrs

you can catch the shots from his website too!

Posted by: hrm on Tuesday, 3 August, 2004 at 11:23 hrs

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