Oil Fields
By Edward Burtynsky
“Nature transformed through industry is the predominant theme in my work. The images are meant as metaphors for the dilemma of our modern existence as I search for a visual dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear….our dependence on nature to provide materials for our consumption, and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times.”
— Edward Burtynsky
Media from ‘Fuel’
Oil Fields
By Edward Burtynsky
“Nature transformed through industry is the predominant theme in my work. The images are meant as metaphors for the dilemma of our modern existence as I search for a visual dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear….our dependence on nature to provide materials for our consumption, and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times.”
— Edward Burtynsky
Oil Rich Niger Delta
By George Osodi
Nigeria’s oil reserves generate vast wealth, but for the people of the Niger Delta poverty, conflict, corruption, and pollution are a daily reality.
(Slideshow contains select images from the anthology)
Wood Piles
By Vid Ingelevics
Can a pile of wood waiting to be burned also be seen as a form of vernacular architecture? Can the structure of a woodpile betray cultural differences?