Edward Burtynsky

Canadian, born 1955

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Edward Burtynsky, Silver Lake Operations #16, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007, printed 2010, chromogenic print, Veverka Family Foundation Fund, 2011.26.1

Silver Lake Operations #16, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia

Edward Burtynsky · 2007, printed 2010 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2011.26.1

Edward Burtynsky, Dam #6, Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China, 2005, chromogenic print, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist), 2015.19.5277

Dam #6, Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China

Edward Burtynsky · 2005 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2015.19.5277

Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000, chromogenic print, Gift of Stephen G. Stein, 2020.29.53

Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Edward Burtynsky · 2000 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2020.29.53

Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #10, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000, chromogenic print, Fund for Living Photographers, 2003.56.1

Shipbreaking #10, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Edward Burtynsky · 2000 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2003.56.1

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Oxford Tire Pile #9, Westley, California, USA

Edward Burtynsky · 1999, printed 2006 · 2 chromogenic prints ·  Accession ID  2015.19.5249.1-2

We look down into a straight-sided quarry at mining equipment that appears minuscule in scale in this nearly square color photograph. The walls are streaked with pale and dark gray, and snow rests on narrow ledges between the quarried levels and on the ground. At first glance we might think we’re looking down the sides of skyscrapers onto a city block.
Edward Burtynsky, Rock of Ages #15, Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1992, chromogenic print, Gift of the UBS Art Collection, 2023.30.33

Rock of Ages #15, Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont

Edward Burtynsky · 1992 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2023.30.33

Edward Burtynsky, Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991, printed 2001, chromogenic print, Gift of Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen, 2017.117.1

Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont

Edward Burtynsky · 1991, printed 2001 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2017.117.1

Edward Burtynsky, Mines #13, Inco-Abandoned Mine Shaft, Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, 1984, printed 2004, chromogenic print, Gift of Stephen G. Stein, 2020.29.54

Mines #13, Inco-Abandoned Mine Shaft, Crean Hill Mine, Sudbury, Ontario

Edward Burtynsky · 1984, printed 2004 · chromogenic print ·  Accession ID  2020.29.54