A fantastic aerial shot of Iceland’s Dyralaekir River on display for last weekend’s Paris Photo Fair in L.A. pointed us towards photographer Edward Burtynsky’s Water project. The river photo is just one image in a series of intricately detailed large-format photographs of natural and man-made bodies of water, taken to portray humanity’s semi-bizarre relationship to the natural resource. Also part of the project is Burtynsky’s fifth book, Burtynsky – Water, and a documentary titled Watermark, shot in 5K ultra high-definition video with award-winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier. Check out a trailer for the film below, and more images by Burtynsky.
Stepwell 2, Panna Meena, Amber, Rajasthan, India 9/9, 2010
Pivot Irrigation / Suburb, South of Yuma, Arizona, USA 2/12, 2011
Kumbh Mela 2, Allahabad, India, 2013
Thjorsa River 1, Iceland, 2012
Watch a trailer for Watermark below:
All images © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York.
