Oil Spill #5 – Q4000 Drill Platform, Gulf of Mexico

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Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer and artist who has achieved international recognition through his large-format photographs of industrial landscapes. Burtynsky’s images explore the impact of humanity’s expanding footprint and the substantial ways in which we’re reshaping the surface of the planet. His images powerfully alter the way we think about the world and our place in it. Burtynsky’s works are included in the collections of over fifty major museums around the world, including the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art in NY, and the Bibliotèque Nationale in Paris.

Hiscox Collection

London

Title

Oil Spill #5 – Q4000 Drill Platform, Gulf of Mexico

Date

2010

Medium

chromogenic colour print

Measurements

H 99 x W 132 cm

Accession number

383

Acquisition method

purchased from Flowers, 2011

Work type

Photograph

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