Books

45 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
245mm x 340mm
296 pages
september 2017
Edition La Martinière Jeunesse

In this book, Philippe Bourseiller pays homage to the many spectacular icy deserts of the globe. His sensational images have been taken on every continent. All themes are discussed: the different types of ice and glaciers, their decline over the years, the people who live there, those who work there, the endangered fauna. An assessment is drawn up on the state of the ice today from a dozen interviews, lively and concrete, conducted with scientists who remain the first witnesses of the upheavals in progress. This book is intended to be the photographic memory of a world that is the real barometer of the climate change we are witnessing.

13.10 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Takayo Soma
25cm x 29cm
72 pages
mars 2013
Edition La Martinière Jeunesse

The hot springs and fumaroles of Yamanouchi, on the island of Honshu, Japan are known for their unusual tenant: Japanese macaques. Nearly 250 Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) take advantage of these hot baths in an area where it can snow four months a year. Through this book, the latest opus in the "Animal Portrait" collection, Philippe Bourseiller gives us a rare report on the daily life of a tribe of Snow Macaques. The reader will discover their way of drinking, eating or even delousing themselves as well as their morphology adapted to extreme cold. He will also learn a lot about their way of life and their relationship with their peers and of course with men.

15 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts Sally Zalewski
18 cm x 26 cm
128 pages
Editions De La Martiniere Kids

A new book to discover nature and its riches, and warn children about the dangers of pollution. A didactic and fun way to educate young people about environmental protection.

34 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts Gaëlle Bouttier - Guérive
14.5 x 22.5
752 pages
Editions De La Martiniere

After 365 Ways to Save the Planet, Philippe Bourseiller and Gaëlle Bouttier-Guérive invite us once again, with 365 Ideas for  Living Green, to observe and protect our environment each day. Each day a unique image of Philip Bourseiller is associated with a practical and easy recipe to make it easier to live in harmony with Nature. Make your own daily skin cream or softener, prepare base paint with white cheese or its fertilizer ... all these little recipes from our grandmothers, often simple but overlooked, which can make our lives more respectful towards our environment and significantly reduce our negative impact on it. 365 Ideas for Living Green is a fascinating book that combines the wonders of nature and the recipes to protect it. From its pages emerges a true living ethic.

14.90 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts Karine Harel
26 cm x 26 cm
40 pages
Editions De La Martiniere Jeunesse, 2010.

When the beautiful picture book becomes animated ... For 8 years of age and up.
You've always wanted to fly over the most famous volcanoes in the world, to dress as volcanologist to walk on molten lava, to discover the mysteries of the tectonic plates, or be at the heart of an eruption and attend its consequences? Nothing is easier!
Thanks to the wonderful photographs of Philip Bourseiller and many technical illustrations, go on a fabulous journey that takes you from the center of the Earth to the top of these incredible fire-breathing mountains. To discover the mysteries of these wonderful volcanoes, you just lift the flaps spread over the pages.
When the picture comes alive, everything becomes possible !

14.90 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts Sally Zalewski
18 cm x 26 cm
128 pages
Editions De La Martiniere Jeunesse, 2010.

19 simple experiments to understand, explain and explore the marine environment. For 9 years of age and up. What happens when an oil spill it covers the beaches? Dive into this book and you will understand: it's easy just by pouring oil into a glass of water ...
Here are 19 activities to carry out at home and discover the sea and its resources:
- Make your ice boat float,
- Create a slide show to look at algae against the light,
- Make a mobile of the food chain ...

Throughout the pages, you will discover the seas and oceans, and you'll learn to know all the fish and mammals that inhabit the watery depths of the planet, through the activities proposed by Sally Zalewski. The photographs of Philip Bourseiller will also show the fragility of the Big Blue and the increasing threats that weigh upon her.

45 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Preface by Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff
Texts and captions by Catherine Guigon
24 cm x 36 cm
192 pages
Editions de la Martinière, 2009.

A plunge into the bowels of the earth, this book shows us an explosive, vibrant and moving world that is transformed a little each day. Through details of molten lava, volcanic craters, fumaroles, geysers or acidic lakes, Philippe Bourseiller accurately depicts the roaring voices of our Planet. For years, he photographed all the major volcanoes in the world, via Italy, Iceland, the United States, Hawaii, Kamchatka, Ethiopia, Reunion Island, the Philippines, New Zealand. ..

14,90 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts de Sally Zalewski
18cm x 26 cm
128 pages
Editions De La Martinière Jeunesse, 2008.

Aimed at helping children understand how our planet functions through simple experiments. Discover the secrets of each natural environment: from the ice floes to the savannah, but also climactic phenomena. Here are 19 activities to be carried out at home.
- Make your own gel to understand how the ice is formed.
- Harvest of rain water, so important for humans, and test its purity.
- Save the trees by making recycled paper.
- Forecast tomorrow’s weather thanks to your homemade barometer...
Illustrated with some of the most striking photographs by Philippe Bourseiller and explained by Sally Zalewski, PhD in ecology and collaborator to the WWF.
The book has just won the Grand Prize for Literature schools.

49 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Preface by Francis Hallé
Captions by Catherine Guigon
24 cm x 36 cm
256 pages
Editions de la Martinière, 2008.

The forests and trees of are the lungs of our planet, a refuge for its biodiversity and ecosystems. Pollution, excessive exploitation of natural resources and deforestation are the heritage at risk. For over two years, Philippe Bourseiller has traveled the across the planet in search of the remaining ancient forests and trees. Throughout his travels, he also shares the lives of distant peoples who live in harmony with this nature. Planet of the trees, sanctuary of life, appears here in its all its original splendor and power.

33 euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Preface de Jean Louis Etienne
Texts de Gaëlle Bouttier – Guérive
and Anne Jankéliowitch
14,5 cm x 22,5 cm
752 pages
Editions de la Martinière, 2008.

For almost twenty years Philippe Bourseiller has been photographing nature: from the eruption of the Pinatubo volcano to vast deserts of ice and sand, he captures the earth’s subtlest hues and dreamiest of lights. However; modern lifestyles are threatening the earth’s fragile beauty. To encourage awareness and action, Philippe Bourseiller associates 365 photographs with a daily gesture to save the planet. Each of these actions is accompanied by figures and studies explaining the risks posed by our behavior and the positive benefits of these gestures.  Each day brings a new image, a magical wonder of nature along with instructions for saving the Earth. Turn the pages and discover a genuine lifestyle ethic.

New edition: updated texts and new exclusive photographs.

39 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Preface by Albert Jacquard
Texts and captions Sally Zalewsky
24 cm x 36 cm
192 pages
Editions de la Martiniere, 2007.

After publishing many works with Les Editions de La Martiniere, Philippe Bourseiller wanted to gather his most beautiful photographs around the four elements: earth, air, water and fire. A true journey to the origins of the planet, Paradise Lost, travels across the five continents at the rhythm of colors and unusual images.
The preface by Albert Jacquard questions the origins of man, his place in nature and highlights the need to relate with the elements. A tribute to the forces of the Earth.

13 Euros
Photography by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Anne Jankéliowitch
19 cm x 25 cm
144 pages
Editions De La Martiniere Jeunesse, 2007.

Why reuse the back of printed sheets instead of putting them in the trash? Why buy halogen lamps with high consumption when there are low energy bulbs?
Simply to respect the Earth ... If thousands of people joined hands in taking action for its benefit, the Earth would be healthy once more.

Starting with fifty simple daily acts, this book shows how and why we must act for the environment. Simple explanatory texts teach us how to change some of our bad habits in order to respect Nature. Respecting our Planet, is knowing how to not ask so much from it. With stunning photographs, Philippe Bourseiller allows us to rediscover our Planet in all its diversity and beauty.
A civic book to teach us smart reflexes. Simply indispensable!

19 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
19 cm x 19 cm
168 pages
Editions de la Martiniere, 2007.

This book is a graphic immersion into the heart of matter: mineral, plant, water ... These photographs, sometimes abstract, bright, surprising, colored, explore all textures of the Earth. The poems that accompany the images are opportunities to discover great names in literature and poetry.
Images and texts: words and the elements beautifully united. 

54 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Roger Cans, Jean Francois Chaix, Gary Ferguson,
Legends by Anne Jankéliowitch
28.5 cm x 36.5 cm
384 pages
Editions de la Martiniere, 2006.

After the volcanoes, the poles and the Sahara, Philippe Bourseiller now turns his lens towards the great American parks. For a whole year, he crossed the United States, traveled the country to and fro, from the National State Parks, Mount St. Helen to Niagara Falls through Death Valley and Yellowstone. Here is a sumptuous journey into the heart of America in vibrant and unexpected colors, far from the urban expanses, an America where wilderness is omnipresent. The photographer invites you to explore the diversity and ecological wealth of this country, from the ice of Alaska to the lavas of Hawaii. Images taken from the ground or air, in detail or in broad terms, through the seasons, Philippe Bourseiller offers more than a simple tourist guide, but a real walk into the heart of the United States.

32 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Anne Jankéliowitch
Preface by Jean-Louis Etienne
22.5 cm x 14.5 cm
752 pages
UK and U.S. editions Abrams

Available in French (Editions de la Martiniere, 2005, Out of stock), Spanish (Lunwerg editions "365 para salvar el planeta GESTOS"), Italian (published by Touring Club Italiano "365 per salvare Gesti he planeta) , German (Knesebeck edition "Die Schönheit der Welt"), Dutch (Lanno edition "365 Dagen Leven Op Aarde), Polish (National Geographic publishing" 365 krotow ratujacych planet "), in Greek…

For nearly twenty years, Philip Bourseiller has been photographing Nature from every angle: from the eruption of the Pinatubo volcano to the great deserts of ice and sand, capturing unsuspecting colors and light from our world. But our contemporary lifestyles threaten this fragile beauty. To encourage more restraint, Philippe Bourseiller combines 365 photographs each with a daily ecological action. Each of these protective actions is accompanied by figures and studies that explain the risks associated with our behavior and the positive consequences these simple actions will have on our environment. Each day reveals a picture, a marvel of nature and a simple method to preserve our planet. Through the pages emerges a true lifestyle ethic.

12 Euros 
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Catherine Guigon
Illustrations by Virginie Van den Bogaert
25 cm x 31 cm
80 pages
Abrams Editions 

Available in German (éditions Knesebeck "Die Sahara für Kinder erzählt, in French (Editions de la Martiniere Jeunesse, 2005)

The Sahara is full of surprises: Have you heard of the acacia, the tree that defies the desert?  Did you know that the peoples of the Peul tribe move according to the needs of their cow herds? Have you ever seen the deep blue of the Izouzaouene Mountains? From wildlife and history to human culture and geology… so many delights to arouse the imagination and open our eyes to the outside world. 

49 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by E.Bernus, Monique Brandily, J.F. Chaix, Marceau Gast, Malika Hachid, Yvette Veyret.
28,5 cm x 36,5 cm
424 pages
Abrams Editions 

Also available in French (Editions de la Martinière, 2004, Out of stock), in German (éditions Knesebeck "Sahara"), in Spanish (éditions Lunwerg "La Llamanda de desierto"), in Italian (éditions Hippocampo "le luci del tempo").

With its spectacular dunes, stone fortresses and utopian oases, the Sahara is the world’s vastest desert. It’s approximately 10 million square kilometers of sand offer a diversity of landscapes from Mauritania’s Banc d'Arguin and the colorful banks of the Niger River in Mali, to the rock paintings of Tassili N’Ajjer in Algeria and the Ennedi lakes in Chad. Through the beauty of these landscapes, photographer Philippe Bourseiller was able to capture the subtleties of the southern Sahara; mineral and devoid of vegetation, yet capable of sustaining life. This photographic journey across the Sahara will tempt you to a taste the desert, its life and its mysteries, while the texts written by academics will nourish your thirst for knowledge.

35 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Text by Jean-François Chaix
25,7cm x 31,7 cm
133 pages
Editions de la Martinière, 2003, Out of stock.

Available in German (édition Delius "Patagonien"), in Spanish (édition Larivière "Gauchos de Patagonia")

Patagonia, land of exile for gauchos, these solitary, nomad riders whose life is set to the beat of stock breeding and wool trading, the seasons, and the weather.

Traveling the wide open spaces of South America and visiting the estancias which dot them, Philippe Bourseiller draws the portrait of these men with great sensitivity, showing them fighting to maintain a unique way of life, with its ancestral traditions, on a land where Nature reigns. Open plains as far as the eye can see and thick forests – Patagonia, a land of excess.
The photographer pays tribute to this little-known land and its fascinating inhabitants.

41 Euros 
Photographs de Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Janot Lamberton
24,7cm x 31 cm
200 pages
Editions de la Martinière, 2002, Out of stock.

Available in German (Delius editions "In den Gletschern Grönlands")

On the edge of the Arctic Ocean, Greenland is almost totally covered by a huge glacial icecap. Fascinated by this exceptional country, Janot Lamberton, the world record-holder for descending into ice, has organized expeditions combining physical prowess with scientific research since 1989.

For more than 10 years, Philippe Bourseiller has accompanied Janot Lamerton on his expeditions into the search of glacial pole-holes, huge wells carved out of the glacial icecap. From these travels into the heart of ice, in the center of the earth of magical unexplored places, he has brought back astonishing photographs, testimonies to a great human, and scientific, adventure.
Enriched with texts written by Janot Lamberton, Alain Couté - a phycologist (scientist specialized in algae), and Luc Moreau, a glaciologist, this work will help all readers understand what is at stake for scientific research and how the explorers conduct their daily life.

12 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Narratives by Hélène Montardre
Illustrations by David Giraudon
31 cm x 25 cm
80 pages
Binded cardboard 
Abrams Editions 

Also available in Dutch  (édition Lannoo "Vulkanen"), in Danish (édition Forlaget Jorden "Vukaner") in French (Editions de la Martinière Jeunesse, 2002), Out of stock.

Over thirty of Philippe Bourseiller’s most beautiful photographs have been chosen to illustrate several topics: the birth of volcanoes, the power of their eruptions, dangers and safety precautions, the beauty and strangeness of natural volcanic sites, plants and animals in the world of volcanoes, volcanologists and scientific research, mankind and beliefs.
This work presents a clear and simple text with magnificent drawings to accompany the photographs.

45 Euros
Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Jacques Durieux
37 cm x 29,5 cm
417 pages
Abrams Editions 

Also available in German (édition Géo "Vulkane), in Spanish (éditions Lunwerg "Los Volcanes y los Hombres"), in Italian (édition White Star "Uomini & Vulcani") in French (Editions de la Martinière, 2001), Out of stock. 

Testimonies to a world in creation, volcanoes have long been the subject of beliefs and superstitions.
Expressions of the wrath of the gods for some civilizations, worshipped as a source of life and sign of divine clemency for others -- such as in Indonesia, volcanoes have been a part of Man's history since he took his first steps.
A sound and light show of Nature in perpetual movement and rebirth, volcanic activity is of primary importance to scientists. Even though volcanoes no longer cause as many deaths as they did in the past, they remain a threat to many populations.
For over than ten years, Philippe Bourseiller has traveled across the planet to all the major volcanic sites. These photographs tell a story which began with the origins of the world.

Photographs by Yann Arthus Bertrand and Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Alain Bougrain Dubourg
24 cm x 23 cm
141 pages
Edition Arthaud, 1995, Out of stock.

To live fully the life they love at the risk of great suffering, even at the risk of death because of it – this was the prodigious choice made by the twelve women who are the subject of this work. They share a common goal of wanting to save endangered animals and strive to make respect for wildlife apart of Humanity’s conscience. Alain Bougrain Dubourg's investigation and Yann Arthus Bertrand and Philippe Bourseiller's photographs show what the incredible strength of passion can engender.

Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Laurence Haloche
31 cm x 26 cm
138 pages
Edition Conti, 1991, Out of Stock.

A poetic and historic visit into the city of Strasbourg, beautifully illustrated by Philippe Bourseiller's photographs.

Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller
Texts by Alain Gillot
27 cm x 25,5 cm
96 pages
Edition n°1, 1989, Out of stock.

In 1988, Stephan Peyron dared to do the unbelievable: reach the magnetic North Pole on a standard windsurf board during the most dangerous and spectacular time of the year – when the ice breaks up. Philippe Bourseiller followed Stephan's expedition and his spectacular photographs allow us to discover the ice floes, the currents, the fog, and the winds that are never ending.
At each moment, dangers must be foreseen and all the strength a human possesses is put to the test. But the polar circle is also the walruses and polar bears playing under a permanently sunny sky – the myth of the end of the world and the beginning of true freedom.

Photographs by Philippe Bourseiller, Frédéric Gaimard and Maurice Poulain
Texts by Claudie Blanc
32 cm x 24 cm
118 pages
Edition E.P.A sport, 1987, Out of stock.

Like a signature on a blank page, the skier's tracks reveal his movement and his spirit. Without modesty, the tracks are a testimony to the intense and furtive feeling of sliding. Smooth or bumpy. Fast or slow. Cutting or skidding. These innumerable variations on movement are the author's expression of the emotions being experienced. First book to cover the experience of sliding on snow, the 120 richly illustrated pages of "Apocalypse Snow" gives frozen images of the perfect gesture that leads from emotion to ecstasy, from the world of men to the universe of gods.