Edward Burtynsky
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 69 |
| Date of birth | February 22,1955 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | St. Catharines |
| Canada | |
| Artworks | Step-well #2 |
| Shipbreaking #3, Chittagong, Bangladesh | |
| Job | Photographer |
| Film director | |
| Film Producer | |
| Visual Artist | |
| Education | Niagara College Canada, Welland Campus |
| Ryerson University | |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | |
| Niagara College Canada, Niagara Falls Campus | |
| Niagara College | |
| Books | China |
| Australian Minescapes | |
| Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context | |
| Edward Burtynsky, Before the Flood | |
| Royal Alexandra Theatre | |
| Edward Burtynsky: Water Matters | |
| Integral House: Shim·Sutcliffe : the 2006 Martell Lecture | |
| Burtynsky: Water | |
| Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements | |
| Movies/Shows | Anthropocene: The Human Epoch |
| Watermark | |
| Manufactured Landscapes | |
| In Sane | |
| Out of the Bush Garden | |
| Water: Our Thirsty World | |
| Official site | edwardburtynsky.com |
| Works | Step-well #2 |
| Step‑well #2 | |
| Rice Terraces #3a & #3b | |
| Parents | Peter Buratynsky |
| Awards | Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| On view | Art Gallery of Ontario |
| Film | Manufactured Landscapes |
| Form | Photography |
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| ID | 1509003 |
Edward Burtynsky Life story
Edward Burtynsky OC RCA is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of industrialization and its impacts on nature and the human existence.
The photographers the mankind to capture the impact on the planet earth
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Edward Burtynsky travels The World and tries to impression images of the impact of humanity on The Planet , from the fossil-like forms, drills in a potash mine, the bright colors of the lithium ponds.
The Canadian photo artist spent 40 Years with a focus on large-scale human activities such as mining, quarrying, agriculture, and deforestation - But he says he does not see himself as an environmentalist.
His latest project, "Anthropocene", is a collaboration with filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, exploring the suggestion of some scientists that a geological epoch, marked started by human activity.
It includes a touring exhibition, a book and documentary, feature-length film, premiered last year in Canada, and going to the cinema release in the USA next week.
photos: Edward Burtynsky , courtesy of Flowers Gallery, London / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto
" Video of Heather Sharp and Laura Foster
Source of news: bbc.com
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