43 Quotes by Edward Burtynsky

I like to think of Photography 1.0 as the invention of photography. Photography 2.0 is digital technology and the move from film and paper to everything on a chip. Photography 3.0 is the use of the camera, space, and color and to capture an object in the third dimension.

I came out of a blue-collar town, a GM town, and my father worked at GM, so I was very familiar with that kind of industry and that also informed my work.

Humans can really reveal themselves through what they choose to see as the most important or meaningful detail in an image.

As artists, we can help, visually and intellectually, to make people understand that, at some point, we have to accept that it is our collective impact that is putting the whole planet in jeopardy.

No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water.

I have always been interested in following the technology that I feel are presenting themselves as true industry and innovation.

I'm of the belief that you pursue your interests, you pull it all in, and you sort it out later.

I love the tones of browns and grays - I love more neutral tones. That's why I like going to the desert and working in the desert. I find that green trees and things like that have a tendency to lock us into a certain way of seeing.

When I look at green trees on a sunny day, I don't know how to make an interesting picture of that.