Here is the the Edward Burtynsky write up for his show at the UNB Art Centre back in 2018. Burtynsky is basically the king of Canadian photography, I admire his photography greatly, his work is less human than I prefer but is filled with important photographs fighting for the universal goodness of the planet. I also love how he is donating his expensive, world class photos to places like the permanent collection at the University of New Brunswick, good on him. If I ever had such an opportunity I would try to follow Mr. Burtynsky's example.
To be exhibited in the same facilty as this world class artist was, is a true honor. During the PhotoNOLA festival in New Orleans several years back, Burtynsky has a major exhibition in an major gallery for his "Water" project, at that same festival my "Thai Sex Worker Portraits" were shown at a much much much smaller venue. This time round we will be 4 years about but are at least in the same building! Thank you Marie M, and thank you UNB Art Centre/University of New Brunswick for this wonderful opportunity.
Blog Stories About Edward Butynsky From PhotoNOLA 2013
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To be exhibited in the same facilty as this world class artist was, is a true honor. During the PhotoNOLA festival in New Orleans several years back, Burtynsky has a major exhibition in an major gallery for his "Water" project, at that same festival my "Thai Sex Worker Portraits" were shown at a much much much smaller venue. This time round we will be 4 years about but are at least in the same building! Thank you Marie M, and thank you UNB Art Centre/University of New Brunswick for this wonderful opportunity.
Blog Stories About Edward Butynsky From PhotoNOLA 2013
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A Terrible Beauty: The Seductive Lens of Edward Burtynsky and Introducting FLOW a new music series
March 2 - April 6, 2018
The UNB Art Centre invites you to immerse yourself in the large format photographs of celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky in the exhibition A Terrible Beauty: The Seductive Lens of Edward Burtynsky on view from Mar. 2- Apr. 6, 2018. The exhibit features 25 of the photographer's digital chromogenic prints as well as a portfolio of smaller prints entitled Pentimento. These works produced between 1985 and 2016, include pieces from each of the artist's major series. The University of New Brunswick gratefully acknowledges this gift to the UNB Permanent Collection by the artist.
Before satellite imagery and drones were commonplace, Edward Burtynsky's aerial photography gave us a perspective on our world from above. Since his earliest days, he has pushed the limits of new technology and with his camera takes us to the most inaccessible locations and shows them to us with HD clarity. Shooting from 800 feet above the earth with a 60-megapixel camera, he chooses a viewpoint that reduces minutiae, flattens objects and focuses on composition, broader patterns and overarching themes of our man-made world.
Edward Burtynsky began showing us these images, at a time when we, as Canadians were still naive and in denial about climate change. He has shown us the indelible mark of tailing ponds, tar sands and urban sprawl-the effects of our insatiable need for more.
Exploiting the seductive techniques of saturated colour and large scale, used in commercial photography, he coaxes us with an industrial aesthetic and reveals the beauty inherent in our destruction of our planet.
