#Edward burtynsky

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Edward Burtynsky

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EDWARD BURTYNSKY, Rice Terraces, 2012

[agelessphotography]

Shipbreaking #9b, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Edward Burtynsky, 2000

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Edward Burtynsky.

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E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre 1991 Edward Burtynsky

[thephotoregistry]

Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #1, Carrara, Italy, 2016

Edward Burtynsky

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Tsaus Mountains #2, Sperrgebiet, Namibia, 2018

Edward Burtynsky

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Mount Edziza Provincial Park, British Colombia, Canada, 2012 - by Edward Burtynsky (1955), Canadian

[saddayfordemocracy]

Edward Burtynsky, “African Studies”

From the diamond mines of South Africa to the richly textured landscape of Namibia’s Tsaus Mountains, the series spotlights the sub-Saharan region and its reserves of metals, salt, precious gemstones, and other ores. 

“I am surveying two very distinct aspects of the landscape,” he says in a statement, “that of the earth as something intact, undisturbed yet implicitly vulnerable… and that of the earth as opened up by the systematic extraction of resources.”

Taken over seven years in ten nations—these include Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Madagascar, and Tanzania—the aerial photos, which are compiled in a forthcoming book published by Steidl, present a dichotomy between a region irrevocably altered by humanity and one of immense possibility. 

Since 2013 when it launched its Belt and Road initiative, China has invested billions of dollars in expanding its global presence, with many African nations as targets. This growth, along with international competition for access and power on the continent, has widespread economic, environmental, and governmental impacts, which Burtynsky explores through the series.

[disease]

"ROCK OF AGES: IV" (VT) EDWARD BURTYNSKY // 1991 [chromogenic print | 56.1 x 44.7 cm.]

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Edward Burtynsky

[contemporary-disquiet]

EDWARD BURTYNSKY, Colorado River Delta #2, Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico, 2011

[agelessphotography]

Salinas #2, Cádiz, Spain, Edward Burtynsky, 2013

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Extracts from Coral reef by Edward Burtynsky from the Extraction/Abstraction at Saatchi Gallery

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Edward Burtynsky - Oxford Tire Pile - 1999