Edward Burtynsky

Essential Elements

William A. Ewing

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English

Thames & Hudson
01 September 2016

Individual photographers

Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is one of a generation of photographers, including Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth, who seek to portray the visible outcomes of a globalized economy and humankind's impact upon environments around the world. He has achieved global recognition with his large-scale photographs and project-based monographs, such as Quarries, Oil and Water, all of which have resulted in popular touring exhibitions and, in the case of Water, a feature-length documentary film entitled Watermark.

However, while Burtynsky's global standing is without question, no comprehensive retrospective of his career to date exists. Edited and curated by William A. Ewing, Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements provides an overview of Burtynsky's work across four decades, including both iconic images and previously unpublished photographs. It dissolves previous project-based definitions to set out Burtynsky's oeuvre as five free-flowing sections that provide a sense of both his visual language and his exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of our globalized world.

Each of the five sections is interleaved with a selection of texts from previous publications and articles on Burtynsky that work in concert with the photographs to provide a complete understanding of Burtynsky's view of the world. With an introduction by William A. Ewing and an essay by Joshua Schuster, this book provides both an entirely new way of seeing Burtynsky's work for those who already follow his career and an accessible introduction for those encountering his photographs for the first time.

By: William A. Ewing
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 275mm, Width: 330mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 2.000kg
ISBN: 9780500544617
ISBN 10: 0500544611
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 01 September 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: William A. Ewing * Plates I: Excerpts I * Plates II: Excerpts II * Plates III: Excerpts III * Plates IV: Excerpts IV * Plates V * Unearthing Photography: Joshua Schuster

Reviews for Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements

Getting up close to a Burtynsky photograph is a visceral encounter...Your eyes scan the surface as the image almost envelops. Over three decades in aerials and other big-picture expos s, Edward Burtynsky has surveyed the globe, from river basins to oil fields to urban highways, often depicting gorgeous views of manmade pathos.