logo

Say thanks by supporting us!

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisement to our visitors. Please consider supporting to us by disabling your ad blocker.

Processing...

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

- Edward Burtynsky
logo
Author:
Edward Burtynsky
Tags:
Work
Landscape
Human
Related Quote
Show all

Humans can really reveal themselves through what they choose to see as the most important or meaningful detail in an image.

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

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.

If you look at photojournalism, it's largely driven by current events... always chasing a crisis or disaster. I follow a narrative that is much looser than current events.

I wish we could launch a ground-breaking competition that motivates kids to invent new ideas in sustainable living.

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

I have a fondness for when the landscape becomes surreal.

I no longer see my world as delineated by countries with borders or language, but as seven billion humans living off a single, finite planet.

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

Showcase
Show all

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.

All of my work comes out of a deep concern for human expansion into the landscape.