The Long View

Raffi Khatchadourian | The New Yorker | 19th December 2016

Edward Burtynsky is interested in “how to describe large-scale human systems that impress themselves upon the land.” His renowned images of industrial landscapes are both an expression of his artistic aesthetic and a testament to the incredible capabilities of new digital technology: ““Increasingly, digital photography is showing us the world in a way we can’t see it—that’s even beyond my capacity to see.”