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Edward Burtynsky's large-scale color
photographs document the many facets of nature 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. His various series, including
shipbreaking yards, rock quarries and industrial refineries, reflect
the dilemma between society's desire for prosperity and the suffering
it exacts upon the environment. Born in St. Catharines, Ontario
in 1955, Burtynsky graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical University
in Toronto with a B.A. in Photographic Arts. His photography was
the subject of a career retrospective, with catalog, at the National
Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario (2003); and has been exhibited at various
institutions across North America. His work is included in the collections
of the Bibliotheque National, Paris, France; the Guggenheim Museum,
New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art; the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; and the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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