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Lädt ... Burtynsky: Oilvon Michael Mitchell, Edward Burtynsky
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is not a book of "beautiful" photographs, but they are moving and artistic, while also being sobering and thought-provoking. For anyone who has never taken more than a cursory look at the oil and gas industry, this is a shocking set of photographs. The sheer immensity of the oil fields and refineries boggles the mind. Add to that the associated auto industry and its spinoffs, and it is hard not to fear the impact we are having on the planet. The accompanying essays add data and analysis that should further sober anyone who is not already fully aware of the environmental impact we are having on the earth as a result of our love affair with oil. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"Edward Burtynsky's Oil collects a decades' worth of photographing the world's largest oil fields, refineries, freeway interchanges and automobile plants, in an attempt to comprehend the scale of production attending this most politicized of resources. The ideal photographer for this job, Burtynsky locates and documents the sites that urban dwellers never see, and questions human accountability. His imagery is vast in both scale and ambition, revealing the apparatus behind the energy we mine from dwindling resources, and the ongoing effects of the industrial revolution. "In 1997 I had what I refer to as my oil epiphany," Burtynsky explains: "it occurred to me that all the vast, man-altered landscapes I had been in pursuit of for over 20 years were all possible because of the discovery of oil and the mechanical advantage of the internal combustion engine." Burtynsky's epiphany is typical of his desire to lift the scrim of everyday life and reveal the basic resources that keep it in place. What lies beyond is not pretty, and the images in Oil sometimes resemble the post-apocalyptic desert landscapes of Mad Max, with their vast horizons of featureless sand and desert foliage, punctuated by creaky-looking oil machinery. With a unflinching eye, Burtynsky presents us with the reality of oil production as its role in our civilization undergoes massive transformation."--Jacket. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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