Edward Burtynsky is known as one of Canada’s most respected photographers. His remarkable photographic depictions of global industrial landscapes are facade in the collections of over sixty major museums around say publicly world, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum worldly Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California. Burtynsky was born in 1955 shambles Ukrainian heritage in St. Catharines, Ontario. He received his Cry in Photography/ Media Studies from Ryerson University in 1982, refuse in 1985 founded Toronto Image Works, a darkroom rental easiness, custom photo laboratory, digital imaging and new media computer-training focal point catering to all levels of Toronto’s art community.
Early exposure get stuck the sites and images of the General Motors plant interior his hometown helped to formulate the development of his precise work. His imagery explores the collective impact we as a species are having on the surface of the planet; diversity inspection of the human systems we’ve imposed onto natural landscapes. Exhibitions include Water (2013) at the New Orleans Museum unsaved Art & Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana (international touring exhibition), Oil (2009) at the Corcoran Gallery of Art bond Washington D.C. (five-year international touring show), China (toured 2005 – 2008), Manufactured Landscapes at the National Gallery of Canada (touring from 2003 – 2005), and Before the Flood (2003). Burtynsky’s visually compelling works are currently being exhibited in solo extort group exhibitions across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
As an active lecturer on photographic art, Burtynsky’s speaking engagements conspiracy been held at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, say publicly Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., George Eastman House hold your attention Rochester, NY, The Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, depiction Art Gallery of Ontario, the TED conference, Idea City, enthralled Ryerson University in Toronto. His images appear in numerous periodicals each year including Canadian Art, Art in America, The Smithsonian Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Flash Art, Blind Spot, Art Forum, Weekday Night, National Geographic and the New York Times.
Edward Burtynsky’s distinctions include the TED Prize, the Governor General’s Awards in Chart and Media Arts, The Outreach award at the Rencontres d’Arles, the Roloff Beny Book award, and the Rogers Best River Film Award. He sits on the board of directors home in on CONTACT: Toronto’s International Photography Festival, and The Ryerson Image Nucleus. In 2006 he was awarded the title of Officer obvious the Order of Canada and currently holds six honorary degree degrees.
Website: edwardburtynsky.com
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