© Edward Burtynsky, Oil

#1: Oil Fields #19b Belridge, California, USA, 2003
#2: Oxford Tire Pile #4, Westley, Kalifornien, USA, 1999
#3: Cover of Burtynsky’s book “Oil”
#4: Shipbreaking #23 Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000

Burtynsky’s book “Oil” presents a decade of photographic work that explores the subject of oil. Edward Burtynsky has traveled internationally to chronicle the production, distribution, and use of the most critical fuel of our time.

In addition to revealing the rarely-seen mechanics of its manufacture, Burtynsky captures the effects of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from the earth, and by the cities and suburban sprawl generated around its use. He also addresses the coming “end of oil,” as we confront its rising cost and dwindling availability.

Find an excerpt of the book here.

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