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Edward Burtynsky fonds [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1985.

Reference:

R9748-0-5-E

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

196105

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Edward Burtynsky fonds
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Fonds includes:

5 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1985.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 photographs : colour ; 75 X 100 cm (large format).

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of one depiction each of: C.N. Track, Thompson River, British Columbia; INCO, Tailings Pond, Sudbury, Ontario; INCO, Flood Open Pit Mine, Sudbury, Ontario; C.N. Track, Fraser River, British Columbia; Westar Open Pit Mine, Sparwood, British Columbia.

The large format 30" x 40" colour prints are from a series entitled "Breaking Ground", which documents points of contact between human/nature, human/technology, and nature/technology. Burtynsky's selected sites are open-pit mining sites, cuts in the landscape along the CN railway and homesteads associated with resource extraction industry. "Breaking Ground", the exhibit and accompanying catalogue, was produced by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. The exhibit toured 13 galleries in Canada from 1988-1992.

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Burtynsky, Edward, 1955-

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Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- : Edward Burtynsky was born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1955. He was educated at Niagara College, Welland, Ontario where he received a Diploma in Graphic Arts. He also attended Ryerson Polytechnical University, graduating with a B.A. in Photographic Arts (Media Studies Program). In 1982 he held his first solo exhibit entitled Landscapes and Greenhouses. His work has been displayed across Canada, the United States and Europe and appears in the publicmcollections of the Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Bibliotheque National, Paris; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa; George Eastman House, Rochester; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Burtynsky is the recipient of several awards including the 1982 CanadamCouncil Short Term Grant, the 1983 Canada Council Short Term Grant Purchase Award - Presentation House, Vancouver, B.C., the 1984 Canada Council "B" Grant Ontario Arts Council "B" Grant, 1985 Ontario Arts Council Framing Grant, the 1990 Canada Council "B" Grant, and the 1997 Gold Metal, National Magazine Award for article in Canadian Art. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario. Artist Portfolios: Edward Burtynsky. 2002. 1476

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General note:

Received in 1992 from Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, Ontario.

Restrictions on access note:

Due to conservation reasons this material does not circulate. Must be viewed at GPC, under the supervision of a photography archivist.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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120-080034-6
1992-499 DAP
92-103
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
Due to conservation reasons this material does not circulate. Must be viewed at GPC, under the supervision of a photography archivist.

Box [BURTYNSKY, EDWARD 1992-499] A 587/X1--A 587/X5

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: Permission must be obtained from Edward Burtynsky for publication, exhibition, or commercial use.

Copyright: Edward Burtynsky.

Credit: Edward Burtynsky / Library & Archives Canada / copy negative number.

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