A good companion to Edward Burtynsky's photos, which I'm pretty certain have been posted here already. Thanks for the post. posted by oneirodynia at 3:46 PM on August 8, 2007
Oooh, I love Burtynsky's photographs. I saw his exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario when it was here. Quite disturbing... my then-boyfriend and I wandered into the gallery, and saw all these photos full of the most incredible colours. It wasn't until we got closer that we realized what the photos were depicting. Quite the commentary.
Fair's photographs, too, seem to have the same haunting sense of beauty. It's disturbing that the views remain aesthetically beautiful once you know what they are. posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 3:56 PM on August 8, 2007
Does anyone know what the collections of round things with the concentric circles (sort of) around them are?
dirtynumbangelboy: have you seen the documentary about Burtynsky? It's playing in very limited release in the theaters here. Hoping to see it tonight, actually. posted by oneirodynia at 4:17 PM on August 8, 2007
These are wonderful and gorgeous, but I wish there was a short explanation of what we're seeing. With some photos, it's obvious, whereas others are harder to guess at.
Here's one of the images I'm wondering about. posted by oneirodynia at 4:21 PM on August 8, 2007
What's with the back button not working even when you drop down from the scars site straight onto the link for MeFi? Seems like a very aggressive web implementation. posted by localroger at 5:43 PM on August 8, 2007
Wow, those are beautiful / horrific. posted by lekvar at 5:54 PM on August 8, 2007
Where I used to ride dirt bikes there is now a Walmart. Where I used to fish, there is now a school. ETC. posted by snsranch at 5:57 PM on August 8, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]
Hand up if you thought you were going to see pictures of people horribly maimed in factory accidents.
Beautiful. Thanks. posted by tiger yang at 6:40 PM on August 8, 2007
A good companion to Edward Burtynsky
I was thinking that as well - there seems to more ambiguity and less preachyness from this chap though, which is much more welcome. posted by sgt.serenity at 6:43 PM on August 8, 2007
quite important, my first thought was a photoblog of wounds suffered during Skinny Puppy's current tour. posted by lekvar at 7:06 PM on August 8, 2007
SCDB: that's sort of what I was thinking, though they're different than the ones around here. Makes sense though. posted by oneirodynia at 7:38 PM on August 8, 2007
Almost makes you forget about all of the ugly mines, doesn't it? posted by KingoftheWhales at 12:15 AM on August 9, 2007
Lack of context, sometimes lack of scale, lack of explanations. Just photos that are nice photos with poor presentation. posted by Goofyy at 12:20 AM on August 9, 2007
my first thought was a photoblog of wounds suffered during Skinny Puppy's current tour.
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Fair is also involved in wolf conservation and fighting mountaintop removal (more photos here).
posted by homunculus at 3:11 PM on August 8, 2007