Collection Spotlight | Environmental Health

This installation of contemporary photographs by artists Edward Burtynsky, Jason Larkin, and Richard Misrach addresses issues of environmental health and justice, with particular attention to the irreparable damage inflicted by fossil fuel and mining industries. The exhibition is a response to the 2017-18 Marquette Forum theme Fractured: Health and Equity – Local/Global.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.         

Whether or not you go, Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements is a comprehensive monograph of one of the world’s most acclaimed contemporary art photographers featuring dozens of images never before published, representing a key aspect of the exhibition.

Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is one of a generation of photographers who seek to portray the visible outcomes of a globalized economy and humankind’s impact on environments around the world. He has achieved global recognition with his large-scale photographs and project-based monographs, such as Quarries, Oil, and Water, all of which have resulted in popular touring exhibitions and, in the case of Water, a feature-length documentary film entitled Watermark. 

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