How Edward Burtynsky Captures Humanity’s Uneasy Relationship With Nature
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is the subject of “Burtynsky: Human/Nature,” a solo exhibition at Paul Kyle Gallery in Vancouver running May 30–August 1, 2026. The show spans works from the early 1990s to the present, highlighting Burtynsky’s decades-long focus on landscapes shaped by industrial activity and the uneasy boundary between built and natural environments. The gallery’s catalogue essay by assistant director Diamond Zhou frames the title’s slash as signaling contact, dependence, division, and injury rather than reconciliation. Featured subjects include sites such as a granite quarry in Barre, Vermont (1991) and nickel tailings in Sudbury, Ontario (1996).
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