This feature-length documentary presents the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes” — quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization’s materials and debris, but in a way people describe as “stunning” or “beautiful,” and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without offering easy answers.

Manufactured Landscapes

2006 CA 86 min
Festival Year: 2019
Director, Producer: Edward Burtynsky
Director, Writer: Jennifer Baichwal
Director, Producer: Nicholas de Pencier
Types: Documentary, Feature, Retrospective
Topic: Arts and Environment, Global Perspectives