Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- photographer, author.
Anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky with Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier.
First edition.
Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2018.
236 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 x 37 cm
A visceral expression of humanity's incursions on the planet and an urgent cry to acknowledge humankind's responsibility. Anthropocene is a multidisciplinary body of work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, which includes a photobook, a major traveling museum exhibition, a feature documentary film and an interactive educational website. The project's starting point is the research of the Anthropocene Working Group, an international body of scientists who are advocating to officially change the name of our present geological epoch, Holocene, to Anthropocene, in recognition of profound human changes to the earth's system. The AWG's research categories, such as Anthroturbation, Species Extinction, Technofossils, Boundary Limits and Terraforming, are represented and explored in various mediums as evidence of our species' impact on a geological scale. The works of Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky (born 1955) are included in the collections of over 60 major museums, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His previous publications with Steidl are China (2005), Quarries (2007), Oil (2009), Water (2013) and Salt Pans (2016). Jennifer Baichwal (born 1965) has directed and produced documentaries for over 20 years. Manufactured Landscapes, about the work of Edward Burtynsky in China, was released in 12 countries. Nicholas de Pencier is a documentary director, producer and director of photography. Selected credits include Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles, The Holier It Gets and Act of God. He was also director, producer and director of photography of Watermark and Black Code.
Anthropocene' is the newest book by Edward Burtynsky to document human destruction of the earth on a geological scale. In photos as beautiful as they are disconcerting, Burtynsky explores issues such as extinction (large-scale burning of elephant tusks to disrupt illegal trade and the black market, the plight of the last white rhino), technofossils (Nigerian landfill sites entirely of plastic, massive concrete tetrapods to protect Chinese coastline from erosion), and terraforming (mines and industrial agriculture). Containing specially commissioned poems by Margaret Atwood published here for the first time, a statement by Burtynsky and a range of essays, Anthropocene presents compelling artistic and scientific responses to these urgent topics. Exhibition: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada (18.09.2018 - Spring 2019) / National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (18.09.2018 - Spring 2019) / Fondazione MAST, Bologna, Italy (Spring 2019).
9783958294899 (hardback)
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Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- Exhibitions.
Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-
Human ecology Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Nature Effect of human beings on Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Nature photography Exhibitions.
Aerial photography Exhibitions.
Écologie humaine Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Homme Influence sur la nature Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Photographie de la nature Expositions.
Photographie aérienne Expositions.
Photography.
Nature photography.
Nature Effect of human beings on.
Aerial photography.
Human ecology.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Baichwal, Jennifer, author.
De Pencier, Nick, author.
Boettger, Suzaan. author.
Waters, Colin, author.
Zalasiewicz, J. A., author.
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author.
Art Gallery of Toronto, host institution.
National Gallery of Canada, host institution.
Fondazione MAST, host intitution.
Location: Library main m 304225
Call No.: BIB 249722
Status: Available
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