This gallery compiles images on the topics “Rust and Rocks”.
Seeing extra ordinary details in the ordinary or discarded like taking a closer look at a defunct and severely rusted ship or some rocks is an act of creativity for some photographers.
These images of the “Rust and Rocks” gallery were taken after I saw images and videos of Edward Burtynsky who often photographed the beauty of a detail in a destructed industrial or landscape environment. Below a short statement of the Ontario, Canada photographer on his art and it’s purpose:
Exploring the Residual Landscape
Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.
Edward Burtynsky
These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. We are drawn by desire – a chance at good living, yet we are consciously or unconsciously aware that the world is suffering for our success. Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times.
Below the selection of my “Rust and Rocks” Images
