Edward Burtynsky

African Studies

Deborah Bräutigam, Edward Burtynsky, Raffi Khatchadourian , Christopher Littlewood

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English

Steidl Verlag
20 July 2023

Individual photographers

In Edward Burtynsky's recent photographs, produced across the African continent, the patterns and scars of human-altered landscapes initially appear to form an abstract painterly language; they reference the sublime and often surreal qualities of human

mark-making. While chronicling the major themes of terraforming and extraction, urbanization and deforestation, African Studies conveys the unsettling reality of sweeping resource depletion on both a human and industrial scale.

From natural landscapes to artisanal mining and mechanized extraction, several distinct chapters culminate with China in Africa: a series depicting the economic inroads being made by China, including the interiors of gigantic newly built manufacturing plants. This project brings together the work of seven years, presenting the latest instalment in Burtynsky's ongoing oeuvre.

Homo sapiens began migrating out of Africa as early as 200,000 years ago. Fast-forward to the twenty-first century and we've come full circle, returning to one of the last places on Earth to be swept into the unrelenting machinations of the human industrial complex. With our ever-increasing population and appetite for unlimited economic and technological expansion, the African continent, boasting a tremendous wealth of unexploited resources, is a fragile, final frontier-resting squarely in the crosshairs of progress. - Edward Burtynsky

Text by: Deborah Bräutigam, Edward Burtynsky, Raffi Khatchadourian, Christopher Littlewood, Marc Mayer
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 288mm, Width: 364mm,
Weight: 2.800kg
ISBN: 9783969991459
ISBN 10: 3969991455
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 20 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Edward Burtynsky is regarded as one of the world's most accomplished contemporary photographers. Since the early 1980s Burtynsky's imagery has explored the collective impact we as a species are exerting on the environment. Renowned for his sustained investigation of the ""indelible human signature"" caused by industrial incursions into the landscape, previous projects have explored mining, quarrying, manufacturing, agriculture, shipping, the production of oil, and the development of China. In addition, he has made three award-winning films with director Jennifer Baichwal, Manufactured Landscapes (2006), Watermark (2013) and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018). Burtynsky's books with Steidl are China (2005), Quarries (2007), Oil (2009), Water (2013), Salt Pans (2016), Anthropocene (2018) and Natural Order (2020)."

Reviews for Edward Burtynsky: African Studies

"Burtynsky's camera documents in stunning detail and vibrant hues the toll of human intervention on our planet, from salt and sapphire mining to plastics recycling and dams.--Erica Ackerberg ""The New York Times"" Present[s] a dichotomy between a region irrevocably altered by humanity and one of immense possibility.--Grace Ebert ""Colossal"""