{"product_id":"edward-burtynsky-edward-burtynsky-9783969994832","title":"Edward Burtynsky: African Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA freshly designed edition of Burtynsky's panoramic photographs of severe resource depletion across Africa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of seven years, Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky (born 1955) traveled across sub-Saharan Africa, capturing incidences of terraforming, extraction, urbanization and deforestation. Shot at a bird's-eye view, his photographs reveal the patterns and scars of the human-altered landscape. While initially appearing to form an abstract painterly language, these man-made marks evince tremendous destruction to the natural world.\u003cbr\u003eOut of print since 2023 and now re-released with a new design, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e documents the unsettling reality of sweeping resource depletion in Africa. The photobook culminates with \u003ci\u003eChina in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e: a series depicting the economic inroads being made by China, including the interiors of gigantic newly built manufacturing plants. As with all of his photographs of landscapes impacted by human industry, Burtynsky's collection impresses upon the viewer the dire need for global initiatives to protect what stands to be forever lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Burtynsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3969994837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783969994832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Edward Burtynsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48014331642111,"sku":"9783969994832","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6c5e105-0015-43c4-8f88-80f05f0c08aa.jpg?v=1767747948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edward-burtynsky-edward-burtynsky-9783969994832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}