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 take all the biomass of vertebrates on the planet, 98% are men and their domestic animals. All the wild animals in the world make up only 2%.

The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness.

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

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

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

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 also used planes. Of course, I always have a harness.

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 that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.