Edward Burtynsky's monumental chronicle of the human impact on the planet
56 points by pseudolus 9 hours ago | 8 comments- cardamomo 7 hours agoThere's a fantastic documentary about Burtynsky's work, Manufactured Landscapes. I highly recommend it, even if you just watch the opening. https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/films/manufactured-...
- Duanemclemore 6 hours agoIt's actually the first in what became a series!
Watermark [0] and The Anthropocene[1] are both phenomenal. In fact, in terms of cinematography, I think Watermark is the best. Manufactured Landscapes was absolutely earth-shattering in my own consideration of humans and our ecologies though.
If you find yourself liking Burtynsky may I also suggest checking out Richard Misrach and the classic book of Manfred Hamm photography, Dead Tech [2].
(We'd be remiss to leave out the contributions of Jennifer Baichwal to all three films and Nicholas de Pencier on The Anthropocene.)
[0] https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/films/watermark
[1] https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/films/anthropocene-...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Tech-Guide-Archaeology-Tomorrow/... (Only linked to Amazon because people have posted images)
- ethan_smith 2 hours agoBurtynsky's environmental trilogy is worth exploring in full: Manufactured Landscapes (2006), Watermark (2013), and Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018).
- cnr 3 hours agoThe whole movie is available on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ManufacturedLandscapes_201902
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- pseudolus 2 hours agoLink to the show at the International Center of Photography (NYC): https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/edward-burtynsky-great-accel...
Petapixel article with more photos and commentary: https://petapixel.com/2025/06/24/photographer-edward-burtyns...
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- atoav 5 hours agoThe first picture must be these windmills that ruin the landscape. /s