BURTYNSKY, Edward

About Canadian photographer, Edward BURTYNSKY (b.1955)

Edward BURTYNSKY is a Canadian artist who became known with large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. The beauty of his photographs is that they do not raise one-sided moral prejudices. The ugly part is that they show that we are all responsible for the environmental destruction caused by the extraction of raw materials.

Photo books by and with works by Edward BURTYNSKY (a selection)

  • 'Manufactured Landscapes' (2003); 'China' (2005); 'Quarries' (2007); 'Vanishing Landscapes' (2008, together with works by Robert ADAMS, Hiroshi SUGIMOTO, Joel STERNFELD, as well as by Thomas STRUTH); 'Oil' (2009); 'Water' (2013); 'Essenz' (2016); 'Salt Pans' (2016); 'Natural Order' (2020); 'African Studies' (2023); ; 'Extraction/Abstraction' (2024)
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Natural Order
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Natural Order
In 'Natural Order', Edward BURTYNSKY captures a moment in spring 2020 when nature briefly caught its breath due to the corona lockdown. With his camera in his home, Gray County, Ontario, he documents the complexity, magic & resilience of the natural order
98,00 € *
More information
BURTYNSKY, Edward - African Studies
BURTYNSKY, Edward - African Studies
'African Studies' by Edward BURTYNSKY is about the overexploitation of the planet in Africa. The series 'China in Africa' with interiors of newly built gigantic production facilities show the disturbing reality of the far-reaching depletion of resources.
0,00 € * Weight 1.8 kg
More information
BURTYNSKY, Edward - China
BURTYNSKY, Edward - China
In 2005, Edward BURTYNSKY gave in out-of-print book 'China' the industrial change in China a visual form for the first time. If the earth's resources were besieged by western colonialism, China was at the beginning of a comprehensive attack on the planet.
0,00 € * Weight 1.8 kg
More information
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Oil
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Oil
The Canadian photographer Edward BURTYNSKY researched and photographed the oil industry and culture for the photo book 'Oil'. These images show how the world is made possible by this energy resource and the effects of industrial evolution.
98,00 € * Weight 1.7 kg
More information
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Extraction / Abstraction
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Extraction / Abstraction
'Extraction/Abstraction' by Edward BURTYNSKY presents lucid & informed documentations of large-scale extractive processes, and how those transform landscapes of industry into complete abstractions. It features also behind-the-scenes photographs at work.
48,00 € * Weight 1.4 kg
More information
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Water
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Water
Out-of-print 'Water' by Edward BURTYNSKY documents water management infrastructures in the USA as well as in China. His images show the flourishing that civilization has achieved through water, but also how we depend on this increasingly scarce resource.
98,00 € * Weight 1.7 kg
More information
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Salt Pans
BURTYNSKY, Edward - Salt Pans
'Salt Pans' by Edward BURTYNSKY explores industrial landscapes all over the world. The book consists of 31 aerial color photographs of the salt pans in the Little Rann of Kutch. These striking geometric images were created over 10 days from a helicopter.
58,00 € * Weight 1.6 kg
More information
OXID Online Shop - All about watersports, sportswear and fashion