By Brett Martin
National Geographic
Ahead of his first solo exhibition in 20 years, legendary photographer Edward Burtynsky opens up his search for wonder and the "alien" approach he takes behind the lens.
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A Conversation with Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration at ICP
By Ellen Cory
Musée Magazine
The Great Acceleration is Edward Burtynsky’s first solo institutional show in New York in over twenty years. It brings together more than seventy images that reveal how humans have transformed landscapes worldwide, showing both their fragile beauty and the urgent challenges we face. Curated by David Campany at ICP and opening on June 19th, the exhibition is a call to action that echoes ICP’s dedication to concerned photography. In this conversation, Burtynsky shares his perspective after decades spent documenting a planet constantly changing under our hands.
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Read More"A Paradox": The Dilemma Of Environmental Art
By Daniel Nash
Billionaire Magazine
How do you balance the need to show the realistic devastation wrought on the planet, with needing to create a work of beauty?
It's a paradox I've lived with for decades. The beauty is the hook. It draws people in. But then there’s the dissonance. Once you’re close, you realize the subject is industrial scars, mining pits, or polluted rivers. That moment of realization, that tension between form and content, is exactly where I want people to linger. The work isn’t about condemnation. It’s about comprehension. I believe beauty can be a powerful way to hold attention, to provoke thought, and to give difficult subjects a chance to be truly seen, even in domestic or personal spaces.
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Read MoreTen striking images of an Earth scarred by humans
BBC
Photographer Ed Burtynsky has been capturing the impact of humans on Earth for over 40 years. Here are ten of his most striking shots, from a shipwrecking yard in Bangladesh to rivers of iron dioxide in Canada. This June, the International Center of Photography in New York is dedicating a retrospective to The Great Acceleration, the seminal work of the Canadian artist.
Video by Anna Bressanin, filmed by Darryl Laiu
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