Manufactured Landscapes
19 09 2007Jennifer Baichwal a réalisé un film sur Edward Burtynsky dont j’avais déjà parlé ici. Burtynsky est un photographe du monde industriel, auteur d’une oeuvre prodigieuse héritière de Bernd et Hilla Becher dont la philosophie tend à démontrer les liens étroits entre l’homme et la nature au cours de cent dernières années et plus particulièrement l’emprise et l’empreinte de l’homme sur les paysages, lesquels sont devenus des paysages manufacturés, pour les besoins de son économie.
Une oeuvre à parcourir, à redécouvrir pour méditer sur le miracle de la transformation de la nature.
Les impressions sur le documentaire à lire sur A Daily Dose of Architecture.
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer who takes pictures of landscapes. But not trees, and lakes. He takes pictures of industrial sites and factories.
His work was featured in an amazing documentary called 'Manufactured Landscapes.' It won best Canadian feature film at the Toronto international film fest.
His work was featured in an amazing documentary called 'Manufactured Landscapes.' It won best Canadian feature film at the Toronto international film fest.
08:28 - April 24, 2007
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution. With breathtaking sequences, such as the opening tracking shot through an almost endless factory, the filmmakers also extend the narratives of Burtynsky’s photographs, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet and witness both the epicenters of industrial endeavor and the dumping grounds of its waste.
09:55 - April 27, 2007
