Yann Arthus-Berthrand's "The earth from above" is amazing! Thank you for sharing it. It reminds me a lot of George Steinmetz's work whom I also shared in my own comment.

I've seen Peter Menzel's photos before they are very fascinating. Crazy idea to photograph entire families with either their belongings or what they eat in that way, but it totally works and nobody has done it before (as far as I know).

Do you take photos yourself?

I think their projects have great humanitarian and documentary value, I wish they were regularly repeated.

In what parts of the world has life become more similar to the viewers', in which parts has it remained distinct? What do people value? Seeing is believing, and understanding, and an opportunity for empathy.

I'm doing some amateur astrophotography myself.