By Alena Vo
The Concordian
On the evening of Jan. 22, the Hall building was abuzz with activity. Outside the auditorium, a line snaked from one end of the room to the other. Everyone was there for one purpose: to listen to Edward Burtynsky speak about his work.
The landscape photographer sat down in conversation with Zoë Tousignant, the curator of photography at the McCord Stewart Museum. He was this year's guest for the Wild Talks Lecture Series, an annual event hosted in honor of Catherine Wild, the former dean of Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts.
Burtynsky originally hails from St. Catharines, Ontario, where he began taking pictures at age 12. Since then, he's grown from “the kid with the camera” to a world-renowned photographer riding helicopters to capture breathtaking shots of the Earth, or more accurately, of the scars we've left upon it.
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Concordia University
Edward Burtynsky, internationally renowned for his large-scale photographs that illustrate the impact of human industry on the planet, says the goal of his art has always been to evoke a sense of wonder and curiosity.
Burtynsky was invited to Concordia on January 22 as part of the university’s 50th anniversary to deliver the annual Wild Talks lecture. Photos from the event can be viewed on Flickr.
In his sold-out talk, delivered before an audience of 650 guests in the Sir George Williams University Alumni Auditorium, Burtynsky discussed the evolution of his celebrated career with moderator Zoë Tousignant, BFA 03, PhD 13, curator of photography at the McCord Stewart Museum.
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Read MoreBy Katherine Fawcewtt
Whistler Traveller
Art is a powerful force with endless outcomes. Its beauty can inspire and uplift. Its message can provoke, entertain, and enlighten. And its poignancy can also be a sobering call to action.
The internationally acclaimed, Toronto-based artist and photographer Edward Burtynsky knows these forces well. His images, while stunning to look at, feature serious themes that cannot be ignored. Over the past 40 years, Burtynsky has focused his lens on the impact human industry has had upon the earth. The Audain Art Museum’s (AAM) upcoming exhibition, The Coast Mountains: Recent Works by Edward Burtynsky, will provide a spectacular bird’s-eye view of the splendour of the local environment while highlighting the issue of shrinking glaciers because of climate change.
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