Comments on: Photographer Showcase – Edward Burtynsky

By: ohgetfukt

ohgetfukt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:50:33 +0000

ainsworth and mitch are arseholes. also their argument is crap. by their logic they find beauty in abbatoirs.
just crawl off and exist alone in dark places, cretins

By: Garreth

Garreth — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:59:18 +0000

I get Michael Ainsworth’s position (though not the haughty tone of his observation). However, I fail to see how these photographs are mutually exclusive of a belief in the power and industry of man. Are they comments on the terrible beauty that is industry? Sure. But they don’t necessarily drive us to abandon all human technological advances. They simply call us to be more aware of the unintended consequences our consumption and production create. As harbingers, then, these photographs as well as those of others in this ilk, like Chris Jordan, call upon us to change or modify our practices, to think more creatively and critically about how to eliminate these consequences. I’m not saying we can have our cake and eat it, too, but certainly, there’s definitely a sense that we can do better than this.

By: design

design — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:55:51 +0000

I fail to see the "over-" part of any of these.
Would that desert have been greener without those oil pumps?
Would those holes in the ground somehow be better-off if they hadnt had rocks carved out of them?
Would the ground over that dock have gotten more sunlight if nobody had come along and artificially extended the land then built a dock over it?

By: roger

roger — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:51:28 +0000

Just hope we all make it through this “suicidal genocide” we have created!

All of you have made excellent comments.