Need to remember to watch: MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES.
It is a feature length documentary on the world
and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes
large-scale photographs of ‘manufactured landscapes’ – quarries,
recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization’s
materials and debris, but in a way people describe as “stunning” or
“beautiful,” and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and
aesthetics without trying to easily answer them.
Edward Burtynsky’s profile and a Slate slide show of some of his work.
Via JM Colberg
While you are waiting to go see the movie or buy/rent the DVD may I suggest you watch his TED presentation (35 mins) from February 2005 http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=e_burtynsky