By Jan Staller
The Brooklyn Rail

The Great Acceleration, Edward Burtynsky’s solo exhibition currently on view at ICP, draws together over eighty photographs made over more than forty years. On the museum’s second floor, an array of unusually large prints shows landscapes radically altered by industrialized human activity.

The photographs are pictorially compelling. Their scale and often lyrical composition invite extended examination to identify the objects that make for such engaging patterns. Burtynsky has technical mastery that few photographers achieve, and seen from a distance, the images have stunning clarity that holds up even when viewed close. Many were made with an 8x10 format camera—a cumbersome setup requiring a tripod and bulky film holders. This slow, deliberative process, now rare in the age of digital cameras and phones, yields photographs of striking definition and detail.

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