Edward Burtynsky was born in 1955 in Canada's St. Catharines, Ontario born, he is of Ukrainian descent. The ubiquity of the General Motors plants in his home town has exerted a great influence on his photographic development. His photographs of industrial landscapes in the world are part of many major museums and collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Bibliotheque National in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
stands before the end of the oil age, those raw material that keeps the world turning and promises wirtsschaftliche prosperity. Burtynsky charts the path of oil from its Production on the sale and consumption. Inevitably leads his way into landfills and economic decline, in "The End of Oil".
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stands before the end of the oil age, those raw material that keeps the world turning and promises wirtsschaftliche prosperity. Burtynsky charts the path of oil from its Production on the sale and consumption. Inevitably leads his way into landfills and economic decline, in "The End of Oil".
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Curator Paul Roth's introduction to the Corcoran Exhibition entitled "Edward Burtynsky: Oil
Edward Burtynsky: Oil from Corcoran Gallery of Art on Vimeo .
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