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Edward Burtynsky

Canadian Photographer

Born: Feb 22, 1955

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When I look at green trees on a sunny day, I don't know how to make an interesting picture of that. Edward Burtynsky

Day Picture Trees Sunny Know Look Make How Green Interesting

I have a fondness for when the landscape becomes surreal. Edward Burtynsky

Fondness Becomes Surreal Landscape

Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like. Edward Burtynsky

Somebody Like Referred Subliminal Which Activism

I can go into the wilderness and not see anyone for days and experience a kind of space that hasn't changed for tens of thousands of years. Having that experience was necessary to my perception of how photography can look at the changes humanity has brought about in the landscape. My work does become a kind of lament. Edward Burtynsky

Work Photography Experience Humanity Space Perception Become Changed Changes Wilderness Kind Thousands Thousands Of Years See Brought About Having Tens Tens Of Thousands Days Look Does How Go Years Anyone Lament Landscape Necessary

I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much; it hasn't sold the positive aspects of being environmentally concerned and trying to pull us out. Edward Burtynsky

I'm of the belief that you pursue your interests, you pull it all in, and you sort it out later. Edward Burtynsky

You Later Out Pursue Sort Interests Your Belief Pull

I wish I could create an IMAX film that would make my work accessible to a broader audience. Edward Burtynsky

Work Wish Broader Would Could Make Audience Accessible Create Film

Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to the survival of all forms of life. The underlying question that sits at the core of my exploration is to what degree can we shape water before it begins to shape us. Edward Burtynsky

Life Survival Water Degree Before Society Other Resources Unlike Critical Throughout Shape Like Underlying Question Begins Forms Us Exploration Aspects Used Many Core

No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water. Edward Burtynsky

Life Water Fine No Life Equals Oil Plan

In film, you can create the illusion of time and space. People speak; characters reveal their feelings. You can use music, which informs how you should be feeling, and it carries you to the right emotional space. Edward Burtynsky

I love the tones of browns and grays - I love more neutral tones. That's why I like going to the desert and working in the desert. I find that green trees and things like that have a tendency to lock us into a certain way of seeing. Edward Burtynsky

Our planetary system is affected by a magnitude of force as powerful as any naturally occurring global catastrophe, but one caused solely by a single species: us. Edward Burtynsky

Single Our Solely System Magnitude Catastrophe Powerful Global Force Caused Affected Any Us Planetary Naturally Species

My father was an amateur oil painter, so some of his oil paintings were on our walls. There was one above the piano of a famous Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko, playing an instrument known as a bandura. I remember that one kind of resonated with me; it was always central in the living room. Edward Burtynsky

Me Remember Walls Father Poet Living Our Ukrainian Kind Some Above Piano Instrument Known Always Amateur Were His Famous Oil Central Room Painter Paintings Living Room Playing

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