Flash: Edward Burtynsky’s in
November 19th, 2009 | Published in News, Info
News just in this morning from Charles Pachter: One of the world’s great living photographers, Edward Burtynsky, has committed to donate a work to be auctioned in support of The Autists.
The native of St. Catharines, Ontario, has astonished the world with his work, much of which has the power to literally evacuate the air from an unsuspecting set of lungs at first glance. He possesses the singular ability to make profoundly ugly landscapes and scenes of utter wrongness irresistible to the soul of the beholder.
The quotidian, largely unseen horrors of modern life, the giant-sized bites it exacts from the earth and its humblest inhabitants, the ultimate essence and price of being industrial — this is the currency of Edward Burtynsky.
His website is well worth a visit.
With humility and gratitude, we welcome the man aboard.
And once again, we are indebted to Charles Pachter for making this happen for The Autists.
