Friday, October 30, 2009

Edward Burtynsky: Economies of Scale



Edward Burtynsky is a photojournalist that likes to consider the magnitude of human industry and its impact on the landscape. Often when he photographs something he focus in on the cultcher of the workers like coal miners, China factory works ect. Also he thinks about how the workers are being affected by their work and how the product is affecting the world. He believes once he has done this he can better frame his image. Find more on this article at Pdn the video shows some of his more recent work.

3 comments:

  1. I saw this earlier today. I think it is so cool. An awesome way to tell a story.

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  2. Very interesting point of view. Amazing artistic compositions and extremely informative about what we extract from the earth we end up leaving it behind without care of the consequences.

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