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Nickel Tailings #35. Sudbury, Ontario

1996

Edward Burtynsky

(Canadian, b. 1955)
Culture
Canada, 20th century
Medium
chromogenic process color print
Measurements
Framed: 89.5 x 119.9 x 3.2 cm (35 1/4 x 47 3/16 x 1 1/4 in.); Mounted: 80.7 x 111.1 cm (31 3/4 x 43 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell in honor of Tom Hinson 2010.492
Impression
5
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Nature transformed by industry, as it has been here, is the predominant theme of Burtynsky’s work. The vibrant rivers in these images seem to be lava flows but are actually nickel tailings, the waste products of metal extraction and mining activities. Simultaneously beautiful and horrifying, this industrial vista is a striking observation of the devastation humans can wreak on the landscape.

Nickel Tailings #35. Sudbury, Ontario

1996

Edward Burtynsky

(Canadian, b. 1955)
Canada, 20th century

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