Nicholas Metivier Gallery
Toronto, ON

Nicholas Metivier Gallery is pleased to announce Magnum Opus, a solo exhibition of platinum-palladium photographs by Sebastião Salgado. The exhibition will open on May 27th and run until June 17th. A public opening reception will take place on Saturday, May 27th between 12 and 3 pm. Acclaimed photographer Edward Burtynsky will lead a Q & A discussion with Salgado at 12 pm on Saturday, May 27th.

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SPHERE Festival

Co-hosted by the Royal Danish Library and the NAC Orchestra as part of the SPHERE Festival, Arctic Imagination is a not-to-be-missed speaker series pressing discussions on the transformation of the Arctic as the ice disappears — and the implications of climate change for geopolitics and human civilization as we know it.

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Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia

In the Wake of Progress Talk Series | Australian Exclusive

Scientific data and statistics alone can’t connect with people – but photography can. It bridges almost any gap, transcending cultural, social and political barriers to evoke emotional responses and remind us that protecting nature today means a better planet for future generations. Join host Daniel Browning with acclaimed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, the winner of the 2022 Australian Geographic exhibition (announced 25 August), and curator and artist Dr Kristen Wehner of the National Museum of Australia, whose practice centres around transforming people’s relationships with the non-human world.

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Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia

In the Wake of Progress Talk Series | Australian Exclusive

In a world where recurring natural disasters and climate uncertainty are the new normal, the need to accelerate the pace of green energy innovation and reach net zero emissions has become urgent. Radical change within our corporate and personal value systems is essential to unlocking authentic and meaningful progress.

Join host Craig Reucassel (War on Waste) in conversation with award winning environmental photographer Edward Burtynsky, Natalia Isaacs, founder of climate action movement 1 Million Women, and Diana Callebaut from climate change investment and advisory firm, Pollination, for a solution-focused discussion on climate action and reaching a sustainable future.

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Australian Museum
Sydney, Australia

In the Wake of Progress Talk Series | Australian Exclusive

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A VIRTUAL IN CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD BURTYNSKY AND NICOLE RYCROFT

What has been the impact of humanity's 'progress'? At a moment when the health of our planet needs to be an urgent international priority, where has human activity brought us? And what is the sustainable path forward to protect both people and the planet?

On Monday, June 27, we'll explore these questions and more with internationally renowned photographer, Edward Burtynsky, whose work documents the global growth of industrial landscapes over the last 40 years and bears witness to the impact of humans on a finite planet.

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LUMINATO LIVE AT YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE | 3:00 PM

Looking back on the environmental movement in the 30 years (nearly to the day) since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, join Dr. Pamela Palmater, Mi’kmaq lawyer, professor, and activist, Dr. David Suzuki, and Edward Burtynsky in conversation about how the environmental movement has changed, celebrating the victories of the last thirty years, and examining the failures. Following a discussion, the panellists will be joined by youth activist-artists from Lakeshore Arts’ Youth Climate Collective, to answer the question “What do we do now?” Part of Illuminating Ideas.

Royal Ontario Museum
Signy and Cléophée Eaton Theatre
Level 1B

Where would we be – or would we even be – without water? Join ROM’s Soren Brothers and internationally acclaimed photographer Ed Burtynsky for a special screening of Burtynsky’s visually dazzling documentary Watermark. The film brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use. Following the screening, Brothers and Burtynsky will explore humanity’s relationship with water in the context of climate change and what we all too often take for granted – until it’s gone.

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
London, UK

World Photography Organization

Sony World Photography Awards 2022 Outstanding Contribution to Photography recipient Edward Burtynsky is in Conversation with Senior Curator of International Art at the Tate Modern Yasufumi Nakamori.

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VIRTUAL EVENT

Join us for a conversation between the RIC’s Director Paul Roth and celebrated Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, whose iconic images have brought global attention to the impacts of human industry on the natural landscape.

This insightful discussion will focus on Burtynsky’s artistic legacy, and the first two instalments of his multiyear, career-spanning donation of his photographs to the RIC. The first instalment includes more than 100 of Burtynsky’s earliest images from 1970–1989, revealing his origins as an earnest undergraduate photo student at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, making black and white landscape images with a view camera; his use of color to portray industry and human attempts to control nature; and his first photographic print editions, which established his reputation.

The second instalment of more than 50 images, from 1990–1999, illustrates Burtynsky’s artistic evolution and maturity during a period of increasingly ambitious projects and growing international recognition. These images track his innovative adoption of elevated viewpoints, to frame landscapes, industrial sites, extractive manufacturing, and waste practices within a widening consciousness of climate change and environmental jeopardy.

The Edward Burtynsky Collection at the RIC currently comprises over 200 photographs and is on track to become the most comprehensive institutional collection of this important artist's work.

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A VIRTUAL EVENT

Register for Heritage Matters Live with Edward Burtynsky – a free virtual talk presented by the Ontario Heritage Trust.

About this event

In this eye-opening talk ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch, drawn from all he has witnessed during his 40 years bearing witness to the planet’s changing landscapes, photographer and filmmaker Edward Burtynsky discusses – and demonstrates in his incredible, large-scale photographs – that we’ve reached an unprecedented moment in history. Join Burtynsky as he asks us to consider what drives us as a species and about our planet’s future. Burtynsky’s talk is followed by a question-and-answer session hosted by Nahlah Ayed (CBC’s Ideas).

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A Virtual Event
Centre Culturel Canadien

The Canadian Cultural Centre invites you on February 27th at 8 p.m. to an exceptional encounter between Edward Burtynsky and Sebastião Salgado, interviewed by the journalist and art critic Anaël Pigeat.

The artists will share their views on the conception of major photographic projects, on working in challenging areas, or forbidden and remote zones, and how their images can shine a spotlight on today’s environmental challenges. With great complicity, these two giants of contemporary photography share a profound reflection on how the power of art can help us understand the greatest challenges of our time.

This discussion takes place as part of Edward Burtynsky’s exhibition Mounds and Voids : From Human to Global Scale, curated by Catherine Bédard and presented at the CCC until September 3rd, 2021.

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A VIRTUAL EVENT

nnovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas

The David Sheperd Family Lecture at Trent University Presents, in partnership with the Innovation Cluster are pleased to present world-renowned photographer and TED Prize winner, Edward Burtynsky for an evening keynote about the global water crisis.

Recharge and expand your knowledge on critical issues with global disruptors. All are invited to hear from Canadian environmental trailblazer, from the comfort of home.

In this immersive talk, featuring his spectacular photographs, Burtynsky tells us the story of water: where i​t comes from, and how we use it, distribute it, and waste it. He shows us its remote sources, the transformation of desert into water-rich cities, the compromised landscapes of the American Southwest. He explores the infrastructure of water management: gigantic hydroelectric dams and terraced rice fields in the heart of China, vast irrigation systems of America’s bread basket, and the use of aquaculture. Through his poetic images, Burtynsky reveals a vital component of life on Earth, and foreshadows the extent to which our future depends on how we deal with this increasingly scarce resource.

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A VIRTUAL EVENT

American University Museum

Join photographer Edward Burtynsky and AU Museum Director & Curator Jack Rasmussen for an online discussion.

Join photographer Edward Burtynsky and AU Museum Director & Curator Jack Rasmussen for an online discussion of Burtynsky’s photographic series, Water. The works explore the role of water amidst our current climate crisis, featuring the interconnected role it plays in both healthy ecosystems and modern human life. Learn more about Water on our website.

Water is presented in conjunction with the AU Museum’s fall virtual series “Contested Space,” highlighting issues surrounding November’s presidential election.

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Main Theater
Centre in the Square
Kitchener, ON

Canada’s best-known photographer, Edward Burtynsky, will share the stage with winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize, environmental youth leader, and one of Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence, Kehkashan Basu. Musical guests include Skydiggers with special guest Paul Langlois of The Tragically Hip.

RBC WaterPark Place Auditorium
Toronto, ON

Smart phones have made everyone a perpetual photographer – with 1 trillion photos taken last year alone. How do the pros compete in an age of abundance? They hunt for scarcity.

Through augmented reality, virtual reality and photogrammetry, iconic Canadian photographer Ed Burtynsky and AVARA Media have embarked on an epic journey to transport viewers to places on Earth that most will never see in person.

Burtynsky and Vikas Gupta of AVARA Media join RBC Disruptors to explore photography’s next frontier and how they’re trying to use technology to help save the planet from irreversible damage caused by climate change.

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MAST.Auditorium
Via Speranza, 42

A Foto/Industria Event.

Join Urs Stahel in conversation with Edward Burtynsky, followed by a screening of ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch.

Stiftung Nantesbuch

A special screening of ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch in Nantesbuch, followed by an artist talk with Edward Burtynsky and Reinhold Leinfelder.

CAMP
Prague, Czech Republic

Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is one of the most prominent and respected representatives of contemporary landscape photography. The CAMP will present itself to the Czech public for the first time ever. At his master class, he will talk not only about the fascination with nature, but also about its vigorous transformation due to increasing industrialization and migration. Burtynsky will also present photographic projects on Anthropocene, Water, Oil, and China, in which he has documented nature for the past twenty years right in the center of the world's largest industrial regions.

The lecture takes place as part of an exhibition by Edward Burtynsky on the influence of man on the planet.

An IDEAS public event hosted by Paul Kennedy

Location:
Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 3G5

At a time where anxiety about our planet's future continues to grow, IDEAS host Paul Kennedy asks where we can find hope. At his final public event as host of IDEAS, Paul brings together three people who have devoted their lives to big environmental questions. From their diverse experience and vantage points the panel will consider two key questions: Are we doomed? and What can be done?

Indigo Bay & Bloor
Toronto, ON

7:00 p.m.

Join Canadian photographer and artist, Edward Burtynsky, as he discusses his new book Anthropocene, that brings contemporary art into the massive and irreversible impact of humans on Earth. Book signing to follow.

8:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Baillie Court
Art Gallery of Ontario 

Join world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier for a conversation about Anthropocene, their powerful series of new photographs, large scale murals augmented by film extensions, film installations and augmented reality (AR) installations, that take us to places we are deeply connected to – but normally never see. Informed by scientific research, powered by aesthetic vision, inspired by a desire to bear witness, they reveal the scale and gravity of our impact on the planet.

More info and tickets HERE.

TELUS Garden
510 W Georgia St.
Vancouver, B.C.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.

For many of us, our everyday connection to nature isn’t what it used to be. What does that mean for our quality of life? What does it mean for nature? Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on our complicated relationship with nature and how it stands to impact our future.

Featuring Edward Burtynsky, Ailsa Barry, Dan Kraus + more!

National Arts Centre
Ottawa, ON

A series of public conversations with leading public figures in politics and the arts at the newly-renovated National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Paul Wells, Maclean's senior writer and an award-winning author and television will host figures who are making the news for exclusive, one-on-one conversations. The format is simple: an hour of no-holds-barred conversation, including questions from the audience

This month’s event will feature renowned photographer, Edward Burtynsky.

Watch for future guests including premiers, cabinet ministers and leading figures from the world of arts and letters.

Presented by: Canadian Bankers Association
In Partnership with: National Arts Centre, CPAC

The Regent Street Cinema
London, UK

6:30 p.m.

As The Anthropocene Project, his new multidisciplinary body of work in collaboration with Nicholas de Pencier and Jennifer Baichwal opens across venues in his home country, Burtynsky returns to London to discuss his art, films and research.

To discuss the dramatic impact that human activity now causes Earth’s ecosystems, Burtynsky is joined by Gaia Vince, award-winning journalist journalist, broadcaster and author specialising in science, the environment and social issues. Following the conversation is a screening of Manufactured Landscapes, Jennifer Baichwal’s feature length documentary on the world and work of Edward Burtynsky, which raises questions about the ethics and aesthetics about the artist’s work.

7:00 - 10:00 p.m. 

National Gallery of Canada
Auditorium 
Ottawa, Ontario

The Walrus Talks Connections
With Members of the Order of Canada

The Walrus Talks is a national series of events produced by The Walrus. Each event offers thoughtful, inspiring thinking from scholars, writers, performers, scientists, artists, business leaders, and more.

Join us on September 18 as seven esteemed Order of Canada recipients share lively seven-minute talks on health, the arts, science, society, and the connections between us all.

Featuring:

• Susan Aglukark, Inuk singer, songwriter, and keynote speaker

• Dr. Sandra E. Black, professor of medicine, neurology, and director of the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto

• Edward Burtynsky, photographer

• Zita Cobb, founder and CEO of Shorefast and innkeeper of the Fogo Island Inn

• Charmaine Crooks, five-time Olympian

• Don Tapscott, author and executive chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute

• and more!

C2
Montreal 

Snapshots of a Changing World

ARTIST TALK
Master of Photography: Edward Burtynsky

Somerset House
Strand, London
5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. 

Photo London Master of Photography 2018 Edward Burtynsky and curator and writer William A. Ewing will discuss a selection of Burtynsky's work.

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