People vs the Planet
In the Anthropocene, the argument that deforestation’s economic benefits overrule its environmental impact no longer holds weight
Articles or Illustrations by Edward Burtynsky
World-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, and acclaimed filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier have been collaborating for nearly 15 years, starting with the award-winning documentaries Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). Their new project Anthropocene includes a documentary film (ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch) which is now playing in select Canadian theatres, two complementary museum exhibitions now on at the Art Gallery of Ontario and National Gallery of Canada, and an art book published by Steidl.
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Water
Our unquenchable thirst for the earth’s defining resource
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The Art of the Image
“Cities do tell us what it is that this society finds important”
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Extraction
Canada started as a rough-and-tumble company, but is the march of progress now killing the country?
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