The Most Beautiful Thing in the World Today: Water
by Natasha Wolff | April 30, 2014 10:26 pm
A fantastic aerial shot of Iceland’s Dyralaekir River[1] on display for last weekend’s Paris Photo Fair in L.A. pointed us towards photographer Edward Burtynsky’s Water project[2]. The river photo is just one image in a series of intricately detailed large-format photographs[3] 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[4] 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.
More Beautiful Things:
Plants Up Close[5]
Breathing Works of Art[6]
Free-Form Canopy Bed[7]
- shot of Iceland’s Dyralaekir River: http://www.parisphoto.com/content/artwork_artist_exhibitors/2104/image/detail/53079cd75ba02dyralaekir-river.jpg
- Water project: http://burtynsky-water.com/
- intricately detailed large-format photographs: http://www.parisphoto.com/losangeles/exhibitors/howard-greenberg
- documentary: http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/site_contents/Films/Watermark_Film.html
- Plants Up Close: http://dujour.com/article/microscopic-flower-photos-wellcome-2014
- Breathing Works of Art: http://dujour.com/article/janet-echelman-suspended-nets-art-installations
- Free-Form Canopy Bed: http://dujour.com/article/joseph-walsh-enignum-canopy-bed
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