Edward Burtynsky's large-scale chromogenic print captures the dramatic transformation of Feng Jie, a centuries-old city along the Yangtze River in China, as it faced demolition and submersion due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. The image reveals layers of crumbling architecture and displaced urban life against the vast, indifferent landscape, rendered in Burtynsky's signature palette of muted, dusty tones. The photograph serves as both a documentary record and a meditation on the human and environmental cost of industrial progress.