A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Edward Burtynsky: Water traces in intricate detail humanity’s complex relationship with the world’s most vital natural resource through large-scale photographs taken from 2007-2013. This fall, the American University Museum is featuring Water in its virtual series “Contested Space”, which highlights issues surrounding November’s presidential election.

This body of work documents the scale and impact of harnessing and consuming the world’s water supplies in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Iceland, Asia, and India. Burtynsky chronicles the various roles that water plays in modern life: as a source of healthy ecosystems and energy, as a key element in cultural and religious rituals, and as a rapidly depleting resource.