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Iberia Quarries # 2
Series: Quarries
Digital Chromogenic Print
image and board size: 121.9 x 152.4
2006
Marmorose EFA Co., Bencatel, Portugal
Rock of Ages # 15, Active Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont
Rock of Ages # 7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont
Rock of Ages # 26, Abandoned Section, E.L. Smith Quarry, Barre, Vermont
Carrara Marble Quarries # 3, Carrara, Italy
Carrara Marble Quarries # 24 & 25 (Diptych), Carrara, Italy
Makrana Marble Quarries #11
Makrana Marble Quarries #8,
Iberia Quarries # 2
Iberia Quarries # 3, Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal
Iberia Quarries # 8, Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portuga
Biography
Edward Burtynsky is regarded as one of Canada's most distinguished photographers. His remarkable depictions of global industrial landscapes are in... more
Artist statement
The concept of the landscape as architecture has become, for me, an act of imagination. I remember looking at buildings made of stone, and... more
