
Nickel Tailings #34 and #35, Sudbury, Ontario
Two large-scale chromogenic prints placed side by side reveal the otherworldly, rust-red landscape of nickel tailings left behind by decades of industrial mining near Sudbury, Ontario. Burtynsky's aerial perspective transforms the toxic waste deposits into a hauntingly beautiful abstraction, where rich crimson and ochre hues ripple across the earth like a painter's canvas. The diptych format amplifies the vast scale of environmental extraction, inviting viewers to grapple with the tension between industrial sublime and ecological consequence.
- Medium
- Chromogenic print diptych.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
October 1, 2014
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