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Edward Burtynsky In Conversation with Charlotte Metcalf

The Oldie Podcast

Charlotte Metcalf is a journalist, editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and was co-presenter of the Break Out Culture podcast.   She is Subscriptions Editor and a frequent contributor at The Oldie.

Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian artist and photographer and award-winning film-maker. A recent major retrospective at London’s Saatchi Gallery showed his large format photographs, many vast, of industrial landscapes all over the world.  While they resemble beautiful abstract paintings, they depict industrialisation’s devastating impact on nature and human existence.

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Ep. 224 - Edward Burtynsky

Ben Smith
A Small Voice: Conversations with Photographers

In episode 224, Edward discusses, among other things:

  • His transition from film to digital

  • Staying positive by ‘moving through grief to land on meaning’

  • Making compelling images and how scale creates ambiguity

  • Defining the over-riding theme of his work early on

  • His relative hope and optimism for the future through positive technology

  • The importance of having a hopeful component to the work

  • How he offsets his own carbon footprint

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