Edward Burtynsky

Photographer

1955-02-22

Quotes by Edward Burtynsky

• Somebody referred to what I do as subliminal activism, which I like.

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• When I look at green trees on a sunny day, I don't know how to make an interesting picture of that.

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• I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.

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• My father was an amateur oil painter, so some of his oil paintings were on our walls. There was one above the piano of a famous Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko, playing an instrument known as a bandura. I remember that one kind of resonated with me; it was always central in the living room.

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