{"product_id":"edward-burtynsky-essential-elements","title":"Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe comprehensive monograph of one of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary art photographers featuring dozens of images never before published\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is one of a generation of photographers who seek to portray the visible outcomes of a globalized economy and humankind’s impact on environments around the world. He has achieved global recognition with his large-scale photographs and project-based monographs, such as \u003ci\u003eQuarries\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOil\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWater\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which have resulted in popular touring exhibitions and, in the case of \u003ci\u003eWater\u003c\/i\u003e, a feature-length documentary film entitled \u003ci\u003eWatermark\u003c\/i\u003e. However, while Burtynsky’s global standing is without question, no comprehensive retrospective of his career to date exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdited and curated by William A. Ewing, \u003ci\u003eEdward Burtynsky: Essential Elements\u003c\/i\u003e provides an overview of Burtynsky’s work across four decades, including 140 photographs of both iconic and previously unpublished images. It conceives of Burtynsky’s oeuvre as five free-flowing sections that provide a sense of both his visual language and his exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of our globalized world. Each of the five sections is interleaved with a selection of texts from previous publications and articles on Burtynsky that work in concert with the photographs to provide a complete understanding of Burtynsky’s view of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by William A. Ewing and an essay by Joshua Schuster, this book provides both an entirely new way of seeing Burtynsky’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Trade Cloth","offer_id":47166757175506,"sku":"9780500544617","price":92.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/indigo-pre-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/edward-burtynsky-essential-elements","provider":"Indigo Pre-Prod","version":"1.0","type":"link"}