From the heart of the Congo to the deserts of the Sahel, Steinmetz honed his photography skills as a 21-year-old, catching free rides in local friends’ cars and atop overpacked public trains.

Shot by drone in 2016. George Steinmetz For serious aerial photography, there are now three options: If you know your subject and can get within range, drones are pretty darn terrific.

Above & Beyond: George Steinmetz offers an interactive behind-the-scenes look at the work of George Steinmetz, a veteran National Geographic photographer known for his breathtaking aerials of the ...

Frenchman Arnoux, a champion flier, has assisted photographer George Steinmetz on more than a dozen aerial expeditions to document the shape-shifting beauty of the world’s arid zones.

For his book "Human Planet," aerial photographer George Steinmetz has put together a collection of images that chronicle our impact on the environment and our efforts to try and save it. In ...

George Steinmetz photographs beautiful landscapes from his motorized paraglider high in the sky. “It’s like a big leaf blower with a parachute,” he joked.

[Cover Image: courtesy Abrams Books] In a new book, The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene, Steinmetz shares stunning photos from his archive, both of the beauty of nature and of ...

The New York Police Department detained photographer George Steinmetz last week and seized the $1,500 drone he had been using to document Hart Island, where the city has been burying unclaimed ...

George Steinmetz, a regular contributing photographer to the National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address during Hourglass’s "Food for Thought ...