Oil as a visual theme
The effect of Burtynsky's work is astounding. After more than a century of extracting oil from the planet, our eyes are being opened. Perhaps the fact that oil itself i...
Now in its second year, the Prix Pictet, awarded by the Swiss Private Bank Pictet & Cie, aims to use photography to educate audiences worldwide about issues related to climate change. This is t...
Over a twenty-five year career exploring the landscape as transformed by industry, the celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has accumulated a body of work on large...