Edward Burtynsky is Canada’s most respected photographers known for his remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes and its consequences on the environment. His most recent installment is called “Water”.
Water tells us the story of where water comes from, how we use it, distribute and waste it. Often using a bird’s-eye perspective, the photographer shows us its remote sources, remarkable ancient step-wells and mass bathing rituals, the transformation of desert into cities with waterfronts on each doorstep, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. Furthermore, Burtynsky explores the infrastructure of water management: the gigantic hydroelectric dams and terraced rice fields in the heart of China, the vast irrigation systems of America’s bread basket and the use of aquaculture. The colour photographs in this book are poetic and at the same time highly relevant: they reveal another vital component of our life on earth that drives the bloom of civilization, and foreshadow the extent to which our future depends on our everyday behaviour in dealing with this increasingly scarce resource.
Markarfljót River, Iceland 2012.
Salinas, Cá‡diz, Spain 2013.
San Joaquin Valley, California 2009.
Submerged Pipeline, Gulf of Mexico, June 24, 2010
Stepwell, Nahargarh Cistern, Jiapur, India 2010.
Shasta Lake Reservoir, Northern California, USA 2009.
Oil Spill, Discoverer Enterprise, Gulf of Mexico, USA 2010.
Xiaolangdi Dam, Yellow River, Henan Province, China 2011.
Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power StationBaja, Mexico, 2012
VeronaWalk, Naples, Florida, USA 2012.
Marine aquaculture, Luoyuan bay, Fujian province, China, 2012
Thjorsa river, Iceland, 2012
Colorado River Delta, Sonora, Mexico, 2012
Rice terraces in western Yunnan province, China, 2012.
Sagar Kund Baori step well in Bundi, Rajasthan, India, 2010.
Dryland Farming, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain 2010.
Dryland Farming, Monegros County, Aragon, Spain 2010.
Polders, GrootschermerThe Netherlands, 2011
Benidorm, Spain 2010. See aerial photos of beaches by Gray Malin
Benidorm, Spain 2010.
Glacial Runoff
Colorado River Delta, Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico 2011.
Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Northern British Columbia, Canada 2012.
Glacier Catchment, Scud River, Northern British Columbia, Canada 2012.
Container Port, Maasulakte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2011.
Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India 2013.
Dyralaekir River on Myrdalssandur, Iceland 2012.
Salton Sea, Eastern Shore, California, USA 2009.
