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Edward Burtynsky: Oil

Edward Burtynsky: Oil

Roth, Paul
Mitchell, Michael
Burtynsky, Edward

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ISBN10: 3865219438
ISBN13: 9783865219435
Publisher: Steidl
Published: Oct 31 2009
Pages: 216
Weight: 6.14
Height: 1.25 Width: 15.00 Depth: 12.00
Language: English
In 1997 I had what I refer to as my oil epiphany. It occurred to me that the vast, human-altered landscapes that I pursued and photographed for over 20 years were only made possible by the discovery of oil and the mechanical advantage of the internal combustion engine. It was then that I began the oil project. Over the next ten years I researched and photographed the largest oil fields I could find. I went on to make images of refineries, freeway interchanges, automobile plants and the scrap industry that results from the recycling of cars. Then I began to look at the culture of oil, the motor culture, where masses of people congregate around vehicles, with vehicle events as the main attraction. These images can be seen as notations by one artist contemplating the world as it is made possible through this vital energy resource and the cumulative effects of industrial evolution. --Edward Burtynsky

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