Biography
The global release of Edward Burtynsky's
eagerly anticipated Water (2007 - 2013) is due to
be exhibited in the UK (Flowers Cork St), Canada & North
America during September and October to coincide with the release
of a documentary film at Toronto Film Festival, and a Steidl
publication of the same title.
The body of work follows Burtynsky's previous
projects such as Oil (toured to The Photographers' Gallery, London
2012), China and Quarries in its exploration of a broad theme
through a series of connected chapters or locations. With
Water, we are often presented with an
aerial or 'birds eye' perspective, creating a unique abstraction
and painterly quality in the work. Burtynsky chronicles how human
interference is depleting the earth's most precious resource,
leading to devastated landscapes that are polluted, manipulated and
exhausted. It is the most recent instalment in the artist's
on-going investigation into the continually compromised
environment.
Edward Burtynsky is one of Canada's most respected
photographers. His photographic depictions of global industrial
landscapes are included in the collections of over fifty major
museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada,
the Bibliotèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art and
the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Edward Burtynsky has received many honours, including The
Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, The MOCCA award, TED Prize, The Order of
Canada, the Outreach Award at the Recontres d'Arles, The Flying
Elephant Fellowship, Applied Arts Magazine book awards, and the
Roloff Beny Book Award. Burtynsky holds Honorary Doctorates from
Queen's University, Ryerson University and Montserrat College of
Art. Burtynsky is also the subject of the award-winning film
Manufactured Landscapes (2006), directed by Jennifer Baichwal.
www.edwardburtynsky.com
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