Edward Burtynsky · Quarries : the quarry photographs of Edward Burtynsky / Edward Burtynsky ; with essays by Michael Mitchell.

Main entry:

Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-

Title & Author:

Edward Burtynsky · Quarries : the quarry photographs of Edward Burtynsky / Edward Burtynsky ; with essays by Michael Mitchell.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Göttingen : Steidl ; London : Thames & Hudson [distributor], 2007.

Description:

191 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 x 38 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-189).
Artist statement -- Essays / by Michael Mitchell. More urgent than beauty ; Rock of ages ; Three marble mountains ; Dying for beauty ; Buy low, sell, low ; Inverted architecture -- Plates. Rock of ages ; Carrara ; Makrana ; Xiamen ; Iberia -- Captions -- Curriculum vitae.

Summary:

"The new book Burtynsky - Quarries by celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky traces the artist's in-depth exploration of landscape as transformed by industry - in this case large-scale quarries around the world. These works were realized over seventeen years within a career that spans over a quarter century. Through masterful technique and often dizzying compositions, the artist presents his magnificent colour images as thought-provoking studies of those deconstructed territories that are created as we dig into the earth for material in order to build our cities. These detailed, sumptuous photographs urge us to consider how we as viewers are simultaneously attracted yet repulsed by these landscapes. Somewhere, while a building is created, a landscape is being destroyed."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9783865214560 (hbk.)
3865214568 (hbk.)

Subject:

Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-
Photography, Artistic.
Quarries and quarrying Pictorial works.
Photographie artistique.
Carrières (Exploitations minières) Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
Quarries and quarrying

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 253462
Call No.: TR140.B973 B87 2007
Status: Available

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