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Summary:

According to curator Marc Mayer, photographer Edward Burtynsky has three main facets to his identity: "The Technician," "The Journalist," "The Artist." Published on the occasion of Burtynsky's largest and most comprehensive exhibition to date at the Saatchi Gallery in London, Extraction/Abstraction looks deeply at the key subjects and signature images spanning his 45-year career. The catalog and related exhibition present a dichotomy of Burtynsky's image-making imperative: the lucid and informed documentation of large-scale extractive processes, and how, through his practice, Burtynsky transforms the landscape of industry into complete abstraction. Other essential themes in his oeuvre, such as agriculture, manufacturing, infrastructure and waste, also find their rightful place here. With more than 130 color plates, the book also has a special section, the "Process Archive," featuring previously unpublished, behind-the-scenes photographs showing Burtynsky at work on the ground and in the air throughout his career. The archive provides a glimpse into the artist's progression through the evolution of the medium itself, from mid-20th-century large-format analog cameras through to 21st-century high-resolution digital technologies, including explorations into photogrammetry and augmented reality.

Table of Contents:

• Burtynsky. The terrible beauty of the anthropocene / Simon Schama
• Burtynsky / Marc Mayer
• Abstraction
• Agriculture
• Extraction
• Manufacturing & infrastructure
• Waste
• On hope / Edward Burtynsky
• Timeline & process archive
• Augmented reality.

Author/Creator:

Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- , photographer, author

Contributors:

Mayer, Marc (Marc Daniel), 1956- , contributor

Schama, Simon , contributor

Saatchi Gallery , host institution, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Burtynsky: extraction/abstraction [by Burtynsky, E.]

Subjects:

Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- — Exhibitions

New topographics (Photography) — Exhibitions

Landscape photography — Exhibitions

Aerial photography — Exhibitions

Outdoor photography — Exhibitions

Environmental degradation — Exhibitions

Industries — Environmental aspects — Exhibitions

Corporations — Environmental aspects — Exhibitions

Landscape changes — Exhibitions

Ecocide — Exhibitions

Fragmented landscapes — Exhibitions

Cultural landscapes — Exhibitions

Refuse and refuse disposal — Exhibitions

Land cover — Effect of human beings on — Pictorial works

Human ecology — Pictorial works

Photographers

Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-

New topographics (Photography)

Landscape photography

Aerial photography

Outdoor photography

Environmental degradation

Industries — Environmental aspects

Industries

Corporations — Environmental aspects

Corporations

Landscape changes

Ecocide

Fragmented landscapes

Cultural landscapes

Refuse and refuse disposal

Land cover

Human ecology

Earth (Planet)

Genres:

Exhibition catalogs

Pictorial works

General Notes:

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name held at the Saatchi Gallery, London, from 14 February - 6 May 2024.
QR code to access "Where I stand" (9:41 minute video; 2013): page 238.
Carbon dioxide offsets are purchased for photography, exhibition, and book projects, including for this book.--Page 239.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimile, portraits (chiefly color) ; 24 x 31 cm

Physical Characteristics:

facsimile; illustration; portrait

Call Numbers:

TR647 .B866 2024

ISBNs:

9783969993132 (hardback)
396999313X (hardback)

OCLC Numbers:

1420866696