Edward Burtynsky's Oil

A decade of photographs exploring the impact of oil from the acclaimed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. The collection will be on display at Washington D.C.'s Corcoran Gallery through Dec. 13.

OCTOBER 9, 2009

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SOCAR Oil Fields #3, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto.

Oil Fields #22, Cold Lake Production Project, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, 2001.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC.

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Oil Tanker and Refineries, Pasadena, Texas, USA, 2004.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York.

Recycling #2, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2001.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC.

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Highway #1, Intersection 105 & 110, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2003.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York.

Highway #5, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2009.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto.

VW Lot #1, Houston, Texas, USA, 2004. Chromogenic color print.

Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York.

Shipbreaking #23, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC.

AMARC #5, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Hasted Hunt Kraeutler, New York.

Alberta Oil Sands #6, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery.

SOCAR Oil Fields #6, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006.

Chromogenic color print. Photograph © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto.

 

Edward Burtynsky's photographs of industrial landscapes have been featured in over 50 public collections of major museums around the world.

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SARAHR899

2:25 AM ET

October 12, 2009

Vivid

That's a really vivid image. The whole place looks like a construction site!

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DESI4EVA

3:51 PM ET

October 13, 2009

that is a great picture, we

that is a great picture, we just use to much fuel and need to find a source that we wont loose in the future!

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