Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is Canada's most successful photographer.
Through masterful technique and frequently dizzying compositions, Burtynsky presents thought-provoking inquiries into the deconstructed territories built from humankind's mining of natural resources.
His images orchestrate a bizarre tension between beauty and desecration, documentary and abstraction. Many works show unbelievable aerial views and are presented with a level of detail normally impossible for the human eye to comprehend.
Burtynsky's images of quarries in the early 1990s established his career as we know it today. The areas displayed cracked, fragmented, and abandoned terrains, evoking a Riopelle painting in rich whites, greys, and stabs of vibrant greens. His Quarries series is now perhaps his most recognized and beloved grouping.
Burtynsky has described these quarries as “organic architecture” and “inverted pyramids,” alluding to them as if they were structured voids. While the image documents the environmental exploitation, the overall work has an incredible form with rich palette and texture. Cracked, fragmented, and abandoned terrains mirror sharp cubist cuts and geometric abstractions.
Burtynsky's work can be found in the permanent collection of countless museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Guggenheim, TATE Modern (London) and MoMA to mention a few.
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"Rock of Ages #2, Granite Quarry, Bebee, Quebec, 1991"
4x5 colour negative, printed 1999 on Kodak Professional Paper
Labelled, titled, numbered and dated on label, verso
Edition of 15
17.5"H 22"W (work)
Very good condition
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