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Fractured Landscapes: The Life and Work of Edward Burtynsky tells the story of a visionary photographer who has spent more than four decades documenting the epic scale of human industry - and its devastating consequences on our planet.

He brings his relentless curiosity and radical eye to the landscapes we rarely see but all depend upon--mines, refineries, ports, and agricultural fields--places where nature and technology collide. Moving beyond traditional photography, he crafts images that are both documentary and abstract, combining the precision of a surveyor with the imagination of a painter. From the salt flats of Senegal to the rare earth mines of California, his camera reveals the hidden architecture of modern life. This book traces Burtynsky's evolution as an artist, environmental thinker, and chronicler of the Anthropocene and captures his unflinching pursuit of beauty and truth in the most unexpected places. It's a portrait of an artist who turns the mechanics of extraction into a meditation on existence.

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