Representative work by Edward Burtynsky
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Artist

Edward Burtynsky

b. 1955, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada · Canadian

  • Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Niagara College

Edward Burtynsky photographs mines, quarries, factories, oil fields, shipbreaking yards and water systems at large scale. His work uses formal beauty to confront the industrial transformation of landscape.

Photography

Major Works

  • Mines series
  • Quarries series
  • Oil series
  • Shipbreaking series
  • Manufactured Landscapes
  • Water series
  • China series
  • Salt Pans series
  • African Studies
  • Natural Order

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