Edward Burtynsky

Edward Burtynsky photographs images of industrial landscapes that come out beautifully but portray the damage, devastation, and destruction that we as humans have caused to this earth. So far of the artists we have watched he is my favorite and I think that is a combination of the meaning behind his photos as well as the photographs themselves. His photos are very pleasing to the eye but then when you really take in what message he is trying to get across to the viewer it makes you want to do something to help the issue. Lots of his images almost send out a political message. He has a very abstract way of coming up with the projects he does. For example, when he was talking about driving down the highway and then it lead to him thinking about doing a project on oil and how the use of oil has led us to lead the lifestyle that we do in the twentieth century.

~ by Tony on October 7, 2008.