The Manufactured Landscapes of Edward Burtynsky

Subjects large in scale yet rich in detail - this is the realm of Edward Burtynsky's photos: oil refineries and oil fields, container ports, mines, quarries, ship breakings, tailings, homesteads...



I saw a photo of him yesterday at the Phillips Collection: the image of an oil refinery, from St. John, Newfoundland. I should have taken a picture with my camera - perhaps next time when I go there. It was giving the impression of a huge organ, surrounding a narrow living room leading to some unknown beyond.

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