Edward Burtynsky

Edward Burtynsky
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Edward Burtynsky OC (* 1955 in St. Catharines) ist ein kanadischer Künstler, der mit großformatigen Fotografien von Industrielandschaften bekannt wurde. Das Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, die National Gallery of Canada und die Bibliothèque Nationale de France zeigen seine Werke.[1]

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Burtynskys kamen 1951 als Einwanderer aus der Ukraine nach Kanada. Sein Vater arbeitete bei General Motors am Band.[2] Mit seinem Vater entwickelte Burtynsky in der heimischen Dunkelkammer Schwarzweiß-Filme und lernte Abzüge zu machen.[2] In den frühen 70ern begann Burtynsky, Fotografie-Kurse zu nehmen. Sein Studium der Grafischen Künste schloss er 1976 mit einem Diplom des Niagara College in Welland ab. Später erwarb er am Ryerson Polytechnical Institute einen Bachelor in Fotografie.[3]

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Im April 2006 wurde Burtynsky zum Ritter des Order of Canada ernannt. Er hält außerdem drei Ehrendoktorwürden: in Rechtswissenschaft von der Queen's University (Kingston); in Fotografie von der Ryerson University, Toronto; und einen für Schöne Künste vom Montserrat College of Art, Boston. 2005 gewann er den TED Prize.[4]

Literatur

  • Edward Burtynsky: Oil. Essays by Paul Roth, Michael Mitchell, and William E. Rees. Steidl/Corcoran, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86521-9435.
  • Edward Burtynsky: Quarries. Essay by Michael Mitchell, Göttingen: Steidl. 2007. ISBN 978-3-86521-456-0 (Deutscher Fotobuch Preis 2008)
  • Edward Burtynsky: China. Essays by Ted Fishman, Mark Kingwell, Marc Mayer, and the artist. Göttingen: Steidl. 2005. ISBN 978-3865211309.
  • Pauli, Lori. Manufactured Landscapes: The Photographs of Edward Burtynsky. Essays by Mark Haworth-Booth and Kenneth Baker, interview by Michael Torosian. Ottawa, Canada: National Gallery of Canada, in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London. 2003. ISBN 0-300-09943-6.
  • Granta, This overheating world. The Magazine of New Writing, 83. Fall 2003. Noah Richler: The Evidence of Man, Edward Burtynsky. p. 95.
  • Before the Flood. Essay by Gary Michael Dault. 2003
  • "Industrial China’s Ravaging of Nature, Made Disturbingly Sublime," New York Times, MANOHLA DARGIS, June 20, 2007.

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Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ Edward Burtynsky Gallery site
  2. ↑ a b Pauli 2003, S. 11
  3. ↑ Torosian 2003, S. 47
  4. ↑ TED Prize Wish: Edward Burtynsky on manufactured landscapes bei der TED-Konferenz 2005

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