Credit: Courtesy of the artist
China Recycling #8, Guiyu, Guangdong Province
Edward Burtynsky
Digital Print
Canada
Edward is a respected Canadian photographer. His photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes are included in the collections of over fifty major museums around the world. His imagery explores the intricate link between industry and nature, combining the raw elements of mining, quarrying, manufacturing, shipping, oil production and recycling into eloquent, highly expressive visions that find beauty and humanity in the most unlikely of places.