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Artist or Maker: EDWARD BURTYNSKY b. 1955
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Medium: Digital color coupler diptych.
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Dimensions: Each 39 1/2 x 49 1/2 in. (100.3 x 125.7 cm); overall 42 x 104 in. (106.7 x 264.2 cm).
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Literature: Steidl, Burtynsky: China, pp. 100-101
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Notes: When Edward Burtynsky turned his attention to China in 2000, it seemed a natural continuation of the photographs he had been creating for over twenty years. Universally termed "industrial landscapes," his images focus on the environmental and cultural impact of Man-made technologies. As we see in the present lot, Burtynsky unearths a beauty in his subjects, striking a nuanced balance between the harsh objectivity of the works' documentarian context and the ?nesse of contemporary art photography.