Edward Burtynsky’s captivating imagery explores the transformation of nature by civilization, namely industry. The raw elements of mining, quarrying, manufacturing, shipping, oil production, and recycling become highly expressive visions of beauty and luminosity, found in the most unlikely of places.
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #2, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
2010
Chromogenic print, Edition of 3
60 x 80 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Markarfjot River #2, Iceland
2012
Chromogenic print, Edition 6
48 x 64 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings Pond #2, Polk County, Florida, USA
2012
Chromogenic print, Edition 3
60 x 80 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #24, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
2010
Chromogenic print, Edition 3
60 x 80 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Mount Edziza Provincial Park #4, Northern British Columbia, Canada
2012
Chromogenic print, Edition 6
48 x 64 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Spill #12, Q4000 Drilling Platform, Gulf of Mexico, USA
2010
Chromogenic print, Edition 6
48 x 64 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Pivot Irrigation #21, High Plains, Texas Panhandle, USA
2011
Chromogenic print, Edition 12
24 x 89 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station, Baja, Mexico
2012
Chromogenic print, Edition 9
39 x 52 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Benidorm #1, Spain
2010
Chromogenic print, Edition 9
39 x 52 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Kumbh Mela #2
Chromogenic print, Edition 9
41 x 54 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Salt River Pima and Maricopa Indian Community/ Suburb, Scottsdale, Arizona
2011
Chromogenic print, Edition of 9
39 x 52 inches
41 x 54 inches framed
Edward Burtynsky
Shasta Lake Reservoir
2009
Digital chromogenic print, Edition of 9
39 x 52 inches
41 x 54 inches framed
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Spill #16, Mississippi Delta, Gulf of Mexico, USA
2010
Chromogenic print, Edition of 9
39 x 52 inches
41 x 54 inches framed
Edward Burtynsky
Colorado River Delta #3, Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico
2011
Chromogenic print (Ed. of 6)
48 x 64 inches