
Shipbreaking #38, Chittagong, Bangladesh
A large-scale chromogenic print by Edward Burtynsky depicting the industrial shipbreaking yards of Chittagong, Bangladesh, where massive decommissioned vessels are dismantled by hand along a vast stretch of coastline. The image captures the striking tension between human labor and industrial scale, as workers appear dwarfed by the enormous steel hulls being systematically reduced to raw materials. Burtynsky's signature aerial or distanced perspective transforms the scene of environmental and industrial complexity into an image of haunting, almost abstract beauty.
- Medium
- Chromogenic print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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November 18, 2014
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