BURTYNSKY, Edward - Water

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Background information

"There is no life without water. This photo book, 'Water', tells the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it.

Content

Often from a bird’s-eye perspective, Edward BURTYNSKY shows us in photo volume 'Water' the water’s remote sources, remarkable ancient stepwells and mass bathing rituals, the transformation of desert into cities with waterfronts on each doorstep, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. Furthermore, Edward BURTYNSKY explores the infrastructure of water management: the gigantic hydroelectric dams and terraced rice fields in the heart of China, the vast irrigation systems of America’s bread basket and the use of aquaculture. The color photographs by Edward BURTYNSKY in this volume are both poetic and relevant: they reveal another vital component of our life on earth that drives the bloom of civilization, and foreshadow the extent to which our future depends on our everyday interaction with this increasingly scarce resource." (© Steidl Verlag, 2013)are both poetic and relevant: they reveal another vital component of our life on earth that drives the bloom of civilization, and foreshadow the extent to which our future depends on our everyday interaction with this increasingly scarce resource." (© Steidl Verlag, 2013)

Additional informations

The photo volume was published as English edition - two print runs - as well as in French language.

About Canadian photographer Edward BURTYNSKY (b. 1955)

Photobooks by and with works by Edward BURTYNSKY