Edward Burtynsky

In spring 2020 Edward Burtynsky found himself, like most of us, in lockdown due to the corona pandemic. At the time, Burtynsky was in his beloved Grey County, Ontario—an area of wild beauty where he made his earliest photos—and he used his isolation there to reflect and create. With a new camera in hand, he began recording nature in images...

Salt Pans is Edward Burtynsky's newest book in his acclaimed ongoing series of photographs exploring different industrialised landscapes across the world. Consisting of 31 aerial photos of the salt pans in the Little Rann of Kutch, the project is the result of months of intricate negotiations and preparations. These striking geometric images, taken in an intense ten-day period during which...