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Manufactured Landscapes

This is a striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of "manufactured landscapes"--Quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams -- Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civi...

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Other Authors: Burtynsky, Edward, 1955- (Commentator, Speaker, interviewee (expression),), Mettler, Peter, 1958- (director of photography,)
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
Chinese
Published: [New York, NY] : Distributed by Zeitgeist Films, [2007]
Subjects:
Burtynsky, Edward, > 1955-
Photographers > Canada > Interviews.
Photography, Artistic.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Nature and civilization.
Photography, Industrial.
Fragmented landscapes.
Waste lands.
Energy industries.
Mineral industries.
Quarries and quarrying.
Factory and trade waste.
Photography, Industrial > China.
Industrialization > China.
Industrial sites.
Industrialization > Environmental aspects > China.
Refuse and refuse disposal > China.
Salvage (Waste, etc.)
Electronic waste > China.
Ships > Scrapping > Bangladesh.
Dams > Environmental aspects > China.
Extinct cities > China.
Chinese > Relocation > History > 20th century.
Urbanization > China > Shanghai.
San Xia Reservoir (China)
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Table of Contents:
  • Endless factory
  • Manufacturing #18
  • "Inspired by nature"
  • Toxic e-waste
  • Irons and breakers
  • Shipyards
  • Residue of tankers
  • "Oil epiphany"
  • Coal pictures
  • Three Gorges dam project
  • Dismantling cities
  • 30% agrarian, 70% urban
  • Shanghai real estate
  • City for the young
  • Seeing the world differently
  • End credits.

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