Comments on: Edward Burtynsky: Oil (Eight Images)

By: Abbey Bridgeford

Abbey Bridgeford — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:31:47 +0000

I like the layout of your blog and I’m going to do the same thing for mine. Do you have any tips? Please PM ME on yahoo @ AmandaLovesYou702

By: Mark Colman

Mark Colman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:54:34 +0000

Nice, disturbing work. I hope it will inspire others to sell their cars, buy a bike and use public transportation. That’s what I did a year ago now and it’s very freeing.

By: Douglas Hill

Douglas Hill — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:28:51 +0000

Thank you, PDN, for reproducing these stunning images at a scale not usually associated with the internet. As I look at Mr. Burtynsky’s work here, and elsewhere, I’m glad that he has chosen to show them in the context of fine art rather than photojournalism, for although they inform us of various kinds of horror, they are also gorgeous. If presented as journalism, their beauty would likely overwhelm their evidence of ecological devastation. When shown as fine art, however, there is the chance that those attracted to them because of their beauty will learn something of the disaster they portend.