Edward Burtynsky
Canadian, born 1955
About
Edward Burtynsky
Canadian, born 1955
For four decades Edward Burtynsky has explored through diverse photographic projects the complex global intersection of industrial growth and environmental impact. Edward Burtynsky’s color photographs document the many facets of landscape as it is transformed through human industry. Exquisitely detailed and exactingly rendered, his images strike an intricate balance between a somber reportage and a powerfully seductive aesthetic, reflecting the dilemma between society’s desire for prosperity and its impact on the environment.
Burtynsky’s photographs are included in the collections of over 80 major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Tate Modern in London, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California.
Exhibitions include Anthropocene (2018) at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada (international touring exhibition); Water (2013) at the New Orleans Museum of Art & Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (international touring exhibition); Oil (2009) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. (five-year international touring show), China (toured 2005 – 2008); Manufactured Landscapes at the National Gallery of Canada (touring from 2003 – 2005); and Breaking Ground produced by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (touring from 1988 – 1992). Burtynsky’s visually compelling works are currently being exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the globe.
Born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1955, Edward Burtynsky received his Bachelor of Applied Arts in Photography and Media Studies from Ryerson University in 1982. Burtynsky is a recipient of the 2004 TED Prize honoring individuals who have shown they can positively impact life in a global context, as well as the ICP Infinity Award for Art (2008), the Rogers Best Documentary Film Award (2006), The Outreach Award at the Rencontres d’Arles (2004), and the Roloff Beny Book Award (2003). In 2006 he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Canada and in 2008 he was awarded the ICP Infinity Award for Art. In 2018 Burtynsky was named Photo London’s Master of Photography and the Mosaic Institute’s Peace Patron. In 2019 he was the recipient of the Arts & Letters Award at the Canadian Association of New York’s annual Maple Leaf Ball and the 2019 Lucie Award for Achievement in Documentary Photography. In 2020 he was awarded a Royal Photographic Society Honorary Fellowship (2020) and in 2022 was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award by the World Photography Organization. Most recently he was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and was named the 2022 recipient for the annual Pollution Probe Award.
Edward Burtynsky’s latest African Studies series, produced between 2015 – 2019, focuses on Sub-Sahara Africa’s complex and ever-changing landscape. A new monograph of the same title was published by Steidl in 2022. Of the work Burtynsky comments, “While evolving my use of aerial perspective, in these recent photographs I am surveying two very distinct aspects of the landscape; that of the earth as something intact, undisturbed yet implicitly vulnerable… and that of the earth as opened up by the systematic extraction of resources… The vastness and beauty of the wilderness in these countries was something of a revelation and also provided a contrapuntal balance to a lengthy exposition of heavily industrialized landscapes, agriculture and urban development.”
African Studies
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Pans #32, Walvis Bay, Namibia, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Tailings Pond #2, Wesselton Diamond Mine Kimberley, Northern Cape South Africa, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in.
Edward Burtynsky
GERD #8, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
GERD #7, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Sand Dunes #3, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Coal Tailings #1, SASOL Synfuels Secunda, Mpumalanga South Africa, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Ponds #4, Near Naglou Sam Sam, Senegal, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Flamingos #1 , Lake Bogoria, Kenya, 2017
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Flats #2, Sua Pan, Botswana, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Sishen Iron Ore Mine #5, Tailings, Kathu, South Africa, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
African Studies
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Salt Pans #32, Walvis Bay, Namibia
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Tailings Pond #2, Wesselton Diamond Mine Kimberley, Northern Cape South Africa
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GERD #8, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
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GERD #7, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
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Sand Dunes #3, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia
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Coal Tailings #1, SASOL Synfuels Secunda, Mpumalanga South Africa
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Salt Ponds #4, Near Naglou Sam Sam, Senegal
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Flamingos #1 , Lake Bogoria, Kenya
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Salt Flats #2, Sua Pan, Botswana
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Sishen Iron Ore Mine #5, Tailings, Kathu, South Africa
Natural Order
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #18, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #14, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #20, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #31, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #22, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #1, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #29, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #28, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #19, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #13, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #07, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order #27, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring, 2020
Pigment ink print
48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Natural Order
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Natural Order #18, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #14, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #20, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #31, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #22, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #1, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #29, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #28, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #19, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #13, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #07, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
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Natural Order #27, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, Spring
Anthropocene
Edward Burtynsky
Basque Coast #1, UNESCO Geopark, Zumaia, Spain, 2015
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings #6, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings Pond #4, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Lithium Mines #2, Salt Flats, Atacama Desert, Chile, 2017
Pigment in print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Uralkali Potash Mine #3, Berezniki, Russia, 2017
Pigment ink print
52 x 39 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Bunkering #4, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries, Cava di Canalgrande #1, Carrara, Italy, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Pan #21, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, 2016
Chromogenic print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Saw Mills #3, Log Booms, Lagos, Nigeria, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Bunkering #2, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Tyrone Mine #3, Silver City, New Mexico, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #2, Carrara, Italy, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Coal Train, Near Gillette, Wyoming, USA, 2015
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings #5, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Uralkali Potash Mine #6, Berezniki, Russia, 2017
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Uralkali Potash Mine #8, Berezniki, Russia, 2017
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #1, 2016
Pigment ink print
96 x 148 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Satellite Capture, Near Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Morenci Mine #1, Clifton, Arizona, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Coal Mine #1, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany, 2015
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Anthropocene
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Basque Coast #1, UNESCO Geopark, Zumaia, Spain
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Phosphor Tailings #6, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA
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Phosphor Tailings Pond #4, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA
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Lithium Mines #2, Salt Flats, Atacama Desert, Chile
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Uralkali Potash Mine #3, Berezniki, Russia
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Oil Bunkering #4, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Carrara Marble Quarries, Cava di Canalgrande #1, Carrara, Italy
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Salt Pan #21, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India
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Saw Mills #3, Log Booms, Lagos, Nigeria
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Oil Bunkering #2, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Tyrone Mine #3, Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #2, Carrara, Italy
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Coal Train, Near Gillette, Wyoming, USA
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Phosphor Tailings #5, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA
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Uralkali Potash Mine #6, Berezniki, Russia
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Uralkali Potash Mine #8, Berezniki, Russia
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Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #1
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Satellite Capture, Near Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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Morenci Mine #1, Clifton, Arizona, USA
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Coal Mine #1, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany
Shipbreaking
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #12, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
40 x 50 in. image on 47 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #10, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #9A, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. image on 27 x 31 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #47, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2001
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
China
Edward Burtynsky
Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005
Chromogenic print
48 x 72 in. image and mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005
Chromogenic print
50 x 40 in. image on 58 x 48 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Bao Steel #8, Shanghai, China, 2005
Chromogenic print
40 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Three Gorges Dam Project, Dam #1, Yangtze River, China, 2002
Chromogenic print
40 x 50 in. image on 48 x 58 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Three Gorges Dam Project, Dam #4, Yangtze River, China, 2002
Chromogenic print
40 x 50 in. image on 48 x 58 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Three Gorges Dam Project, Feng Jie #6, Yangtze River, China, 2002
Chromogenic print
Edward Burtynsky
China
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Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China
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Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
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Bao Steel #8, Shanghai, China
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Three Gorges Dam Project, Dam #1, Yangtze River, China
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Three Gorges Dam Project, Dam #4, Yangtze River, China
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Three Gorges Dam Project, Feng Jie #6, Yangtze River, China
MINES // QUARRIES
Edward Burtynsky
Rock of Ages #4, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, VT, 1991/1994
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. on 31 x 27 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Mines #13, Inco-Abandoned Mine Shaft, Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, 1984
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Rock of Ages #14, Abandoned Granite Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, VT, 1992
Chromogenic print
48 x 60 in. image and mount
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries #25, Carrara, Italy, 1993
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. image on 26 x 30 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries #24 & #25 diptych, Carrara, Italy, 1993
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. / 27 x 34 in.
Edward Burtynsky
MINES // QUARRIES
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Rock of Ages #4, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, VT
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Mines #13, Inco-Abandoned Mine Shaft, Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario
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Rock of Ages #14, Abandoned Granite Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, VT
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Carrara Marble Quarries #25, Carrara, Italy
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Carrara Marble Quarries #24 & #25 diptych, Carrara, Italy
Water
Edward Burtynsky
Artemia Salterns, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, 2012
Pigment ink print
30 x 40 in. / 39 x 52 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Bay of Cádiz, Spain, 2013
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 60 x 80 in
Edward Burtynsky
Colorado River Delta #8, Salinas, Baja, Mexico, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Markarfljót River #2, Southern Region, Iceland, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 60 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #1, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain, 2010
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 60 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Cerro Prieto Geothermal Station, Sonora, Mexico, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings Pond #2, Polk County, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Mount Edziza Provincial Park #1, Northern British Columbia, Canada, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 60 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Flood Control Levee, Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2011
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Canola Fields #2, Luoping, Yunnan Province, China, 2011
Pigment ink print
30.8 x 96 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Water
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Artemia Salterns, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico
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Bay of Cádiz, Spain
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Colorado River Delta #8, Salinas, Baja, Mexico
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Markarfljót River #2, Southern Region, Iceland
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Dryland Farming #1, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
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Cerro Prieto Geothermal Station, Sonora, Mexico
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Phosphor Tailings Pond #2, Polk County, Florida, USA
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Mount Edziza Provincial Park #1, Northern British Columbia, Canada
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Flood Control Levee, Maasvlakte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Canola Fields #2, Luoping, Yunnan Province, China
Oil
Edward Burtynsky
AMARC #5, Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson Arizona, 2006
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
Featured Work
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Pans #32, Walvis Bay, Namibia, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Tailings Pond #2, Wesselton Diamond Mine Kimberley, Northern Cape South Africa, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in.
Edward Burtynsky
GERD #7, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
GERD #8, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Flamingos #1 , Lake Bogoria, Kenya, 2017
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Sand Dunes #3, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Coal Tailings #1, SASOL Synfuels Secunda, Mpumalanga South Africa, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Markarfljót River #2, Southern Region, Iceland, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 60 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Flats #2, Sua Pan, Botswana, 2019
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Sishen Iron Ore Mine #5, Tailings, Kathu, South Africa, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Colorado River Delta #8, Salinas, Baja, Mexico, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Bay of Cádiz, Spain, 2013
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 60 x 80 in
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings Pond #2, Polk County, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Cerro Prieto Geothermal Station, Sonora, Mexico, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Mount Edziza Provincial Park #1, Northern British Columbia, Canada, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 60 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Dryland Farming #1, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain, 2010
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 60 x 80 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Mount Edziza Provincial Park #3, Northern British Columbia, Canada, 2012
Pigment ink print
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries, Cava di Canalgrande #1, Carrara, Italy, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings #6, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #2, Carrara, Italy, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Satellite Capture, Near Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, 2018
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Oil Bunkering #2, Niger Delta, Nigeria, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Phosphor Tailings Pond #4, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA, 2012
Pigment ink print
58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #1, 2016
Pigment ink print
96 x 148 inches
Edward Burtynsky
Saw Mills #3, Log Booms, Lagos, Nigeria, 2016
Pigment ink print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Artemia Salterns, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, 2012
Pigment ink print
30 x 40 in. / 39 x 52 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Salt Pan #21, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, 2016
Chromogenic print
39 x 52 in. / 48 x 64 in. / 58.5 x 78 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005
Chromogenic print
48 x 72 in. image and mount
Edward Burtynsky
Mines #13, Inco-Abandoned Mine Shaft, Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, 1984
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Rock of Ages #14, Abandoned Granite Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, VT, 1992
Chromogenic print
48 x 60 in. image and mount
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries #25, Carrara, Italy, 1993
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. image on 26 x 30 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Carrara Marble Quarries #24 & #25 diptych, Carrara, Italy, 1993
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. / 27 x 34 in.
Edward Burtynsky
Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China, 2005
Chromogenic print
50 x 40 in. image on 58 x 48 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #9A, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #10, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #9A/B, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #47, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2001
Chromogenic print
27 x 34 in. image on 34 x 41 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #12, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
40 x 50 in. image on 47 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000
Chromogenic print
18 x 22 in. image on 27 x 31 in. mount
Edward Burtynsky
Featured Work
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Salt Pans #32, Walvis Bay, Namibia
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Tailings Pond #2, Wesselton Diamond Mine Kimberley, Northern Cape South Africa
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GERD #7, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
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GERD #8, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
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Flamingos #1 , Lake Bogoria, Kenya
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Sand Dunes #3, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia
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Coal Tailings #1, SASOL Synfuels Secunda, Mpumalanga South Africa
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Markarfljót River #2, Southern Region, Iceland
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Salt Flats #2, Sua Pan, Botswana
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Sishen Iron Ore Mine #5, Tailings, Kathu, South Africa
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Colorado River Delta #8, Salinas, Baja, Mexico
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Bay of Cádiz, Spain
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Phosphor Tailings Pond #2, Polk County, Florida, USA
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Cerro Prieto Geothermal Station, Sonora, Mexico
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Mount Edziza Provincial Park #1, Northern British Columbia, Canada
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Dryland Farming #1, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain
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Mount Edziza Provincial Park #3, Northern British Columbia, Canada
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Carrara Marble Quarries, Cava di Canalgrande #1, Carrara, Italy
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Phosphor Tailings #6, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA
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Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #2, Carrara, Italy
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Satellite Capture, Near Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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Oil Bunkering #2, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Phosphor Tailings Pond #4, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA
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Carrara Marble Quarries, Carbonera Quarry #1
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Saw Mills #3, Log Booms, Lagos, Nigeria
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Artemia Salterns, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico
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Salt Pan #21, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India
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Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China
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Mines #13, Inco-Abandoned Mine Shaft, Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario
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Rock of Ages #14, Abandoned Granite Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, VT
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Carrara Marble Quarries #25, Carrara, Italy
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Carrara Marble Quarries #24 & #25 diptych, Carrara, Italy
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Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China
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Shipbreaking #9A, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Shipbreaking #10, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Shipbreaking #9A/B, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Shipbreaking #47, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Shipbreaking #12, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh