Australian Minescapes by Edward Burtynsky

Expositions du 4/8/2010 au 25/9/2010 Terminé

Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane Australie

Is there beauty in the marks that people make on the land? Renowned Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky seeks the answer.

While Edward Burtynsky is one of the world's leading contemporary landscape photographers, the focus of his work is not the natural landscape but, in his words, "manufactured landscapes". His photographic work has examined quarries, mine sites, industrial landscapes, oilfields and industrial sites around the world.

This series of images taken in the Eastern Goldfields and the Pilbara of Western Australia, continues Burtynsky's examination of natural landscapes modified by the quest of the raw materials required by our modern society. However, Burtynsky's pursuit is also to find the beauty left behind.