Oil

Burtynsky, Edward

Gottingen, 2009

By Steidl

$37.00 USD
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Hardcover with dust jacket, 215 pages, oblong, 14.5x11.5 in, [37x29 cm]. Colour photographs.

Condition

Dust jacket rubbed and scratched; with a slight tear at the top fore-edge corner.

Notes


Edward Burtynsky a Canadian photographer celebrated for his monumental large-format images of industrial and man-altered landscapes. His work, explores the complex relationship between nature and human industry, revealing both the grandeur and the unease of rapid industrialization. 


In Oil, Burtynsky presents a sweeping visual narrative of the global oil economy. Travelling worldwide, he documented the extraction, refinement, distribution, and consumption of petroleum—capturing vast fields of derricks, sprawling refineries, and the urban and environmental transformations wrought by fossil fuels. 

ISBN

9783865219435