Photos Reveal Remote Island's Unknown Way of Life

[MUSIC] I traveled the world a lot and I seen a lot of misery working in news. But there's a lot of [UNKNOWN] that we filmed during the Wonder List which was just quite beautiful. Very humbling at times. People, attitudes, the way they live their lives, it's beautiful. My name is Philip Bloom, I'm a professional filmmaker and a prolific photographer. I officially live in London, although spend most of my time on planes going somewhere else. And this is my Flickr moment. [SOUND] The Wonder List is an eight-part documentary series made by CNN. It's Bill Weir going around to incredible places in the world, which are on the brink of change for whatever reason. And so, we can almost create a little time capsule. They were looking for somebody to shoot the show and said would you be interested and it really grabbed me. We filmed in five different continents, eight different countries over six months. It was an incredible experience. Everywhere we filmed was very different. [MUSIC] The first episode was filmed in Vanuatu in November. Vanuatu is a mixed bag because you go to the capitol, there are five star hotels and restaurants and shops. And then, you jump on a plane to an island where they have one vehicle. One village in particular called the Yakel village live a traditional life as they have done for thousands of years. These people have chosen to shun modern everything. You know, if they wanted to live like modern society they could. I think there was somebody who did leave and then decided to come back. But they've chosen to live like this. [MUSIC] I put together some of the footage I shot, and somebody commented on it, and said don't you think it's wrong filming poor people like this? Taking advantage of them? And I took issue with that, because they're not poor people. Poor people are people who are living beneath the bread line, trying to make ends meet. These people are, don't fit into our traditional ways of categorizing people. They have chosen to live this simple life. They're happy and they're so wonderful and friendly. Amazing, amazing people. They certainly had a profound impact on me. We never thought, when we were filming it, that our time capsule would become so important, so quickly. Because what we filmed there is all gone in Cyclone Pam. The whole country pretty much had been flattened. It's very disturbing for us and very sad, but I'm glad that we were able to capture what we did then. The best thing about my job is I get paid to do what I would do if I wasn't being paid. I'm incredibly lucky. I'm more passionate today than I was a week ago, a month ago, a year ago, ten years ago. [MUSIC]