Edward Burtynsky

[Seb]

Hello all,

Yesterday, I attempted to an Edward Burtynsky exhibition at the "Musee d'Arts Comtemporains de Montreal" (the Montreal contemporary art museum). He is a canadian photograph who specialize in what is oftenly called "man altered landscape". The exhibition was a retrospective of 20 years of work. It featured 62 large prints (and when I say large, I mean it: 30x40 prints and 40x50 prints...).

I was amazed but what I saw and I thought that people here might be interested so here is a link to the guy web site:
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/

I found that his work give an unique insight on the consequences of our behaviors on the planet yet Burtynsky manage to keep a very neutral point of view. His photograph are sublimes and gloomy at the same time. Also, the large size of the prints really make them alive.

Happy new year to all

Seb

[Steph_B]

I really enjoyed looking at this link.

Fascinating stuff there. I really like what he did with the shipbreaking pics. In most of them, you do not have a sense of scale. It's only up to your imagination to figure it out. It's very graphic.

Thanks for posting and letting us know.

[megan]

My apologies if the board ends up with 2 similar replies from me.

Thanks for posting this, Seb. Even on this little 15" monitor they look amazing - they must have been overwhelming 30X40.

Amazing work. Poor Mother Earth.

Megan

[Seb]

Hey Steph and Megan,

I am glad that you guy's enjoyed the link. By all means go see Edward Burtynsky work if it ever happen to be displayed in a museum/gallery near your place. It was pretty much a religious experience for me.

regards

Seb