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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

Home: A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
The Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (16°55’ S – 146°03’ E). The film Home is a journey across planet Earth filmed in 54 countries in over 120 locations which took 217 days of shooting over 18 months to complete. On 5 June, it will be available free to view on YouTube, at screenings around the world and on DVD Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson movie: Windmill Tehachapi, California
A turbine in Tehachapi, California. Filmed in high definition, Home is made up entirely from aerial shots and features footage from every continent across the globe Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Caravan, Tichit, Mauritania
A caravan of camels near Tichit, Mauritania (17°29'N - 9°06'W). Home was produced by the French director Luc Besson Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Eco-friendly houses, Germany
Eco-friendly houses in the eco neighborhood of Vauban, Freiburg, Germany (47°58'N - 7°50'E). As well as cities, the film journeys over ice fields, forests and mountains Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Hot Spring Grand Prismatic Yellowstone
A well-known image from Arthus-Bertrand's Earth from Above series, the grand prismatic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. In 1994 Arthus-Bertrand began a picture inventory of the world’s most beautiful landscapes sponsored by the UN's world heritage body, Unesco, with images taken from helicopters and balloons. The book from this project sold over 3m copies and was translated into 24 languages Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Khudiala, Rajasthan, India
Wells near Khudiala, Rajasthan, India (26°26' N - 72°40' E). In 2000, a free exhibition of Arthus-Bertrand's Earth from Above images went on show in Paris. It then travelled worldwide to 110 cities and was estimated to have been visited by 120 million people Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Makoko Slum, Lagos, Nigeria
Makoko slum in Lagos, Nigeria (6°30' N - 3°24' E) Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Mopti on the Niger River, Niger
Canoes in the port of Mopti on the Niger River, Mali (14°30'N - 4°12'W) Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Oil fields near Bakersfield California
Oil fields near Bakersfield, California, United States (35°28' N – 119°43' W) Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Primary Forest Fjordland, New Zealand
Primary forest park in Fjordland, New Zealand. Arthus-Bertrand's photography has featured in National Geographic and Life magazines and has written more than 40 books Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Shenzen, People's Republic of China
Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China. In the United States, Home will be broadcast on 5 June at 21:00 ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. It will also be publicly screened on 5 June in Central Park in New York and Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Snowmobiles on the ice, Canada
Snowmobiles on the ice, Baffin Island, Canada. The film's global premiere can be viewed on YouTube in English and in Spanish Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Tungnaa River,  Landmannalaugar
A river north-east of Landmannalaugar, in Iceland. The film has been financed by luxury fashion brand PPR, which owns Gucci, Stella McCartney, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent and Puma Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Valley of the Dades, Morocco
Wheat harvest in the Valley of the Dades, Morocco (31°26' N – 6°01' W) Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
Home: Yann Arthus Bertrand and Luc Besson: Waterfalls of Iguazu, Argentina
Iguazu falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil (25°42' S – 54°26' W) Photograph: Yann Arthus Bertrand
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