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爱德华•伯汀斯基 Edward Burtynsky
个人摄影作品展 - 《中国》
开幕日期：2008年10月26日，周六
开幕酒会： 15：00， 巴黎•北京摄影一空间
演讲： 18：00， 尤伦斯当代艺术中心（UCCA）
展览日期：2008年10月26日 至 2009年1月2日
展览地点：巴黎•北京摄影一空间
巴黎•北京摄影空间将荣幸地展出世界著名摄影家爱德华•伯汀斯基先生的作品，展览日期自2008年10月26日起至2009年1月2日。
爱德华•伯汀斯基是加拿大最具盛名的摄影家之一。他运用大画幅相机进行拍摄，作品以真实的工业场景为主题。在拍摄的过程中，爱德华•伯汀斯基不仅抓住了在社会巨大变革过程中这些工厂极具震慑力的场景，同时又捕捉到其中的细微之处。他的作品通过突出建筑、工业和自然环境之间相互影响的关系来吸引人们对环境的关注。
在2002年到2005年期间，爱德华•伯汀斯基深入到中国众多工业区，使我们有幸看到中国当今社会与经济正在经历的巨大变革。
巴黎•北京摄影空间将展出他第一次游历于中国所拍摄的众多作品，作品涉及三峡大坝，煤矿，炼钢厂，造船厂，回收站和壮观的制造车间等这些令人印象深刻的厂区，如灿坤工厂—世界上最大的炼铁厂（拥有二万三千名员工） ，以及豫园—拥有九万名员工的运动鞋制造厂。爱德华•伯汀斯基把这些场景与细节编撰在一起，在这些看似最冷漠的地方探寻人类的善良与美丽。大幅面的照片创建了一个个令人眩目的视觉平台，使参观者能够观察到从近在咫尺的前景延伸到空间尽头的远景之间的全部细节。
爱德华•伯汀斯基1955年出生于安大略省的圣凯瑟琳，毕业于多伦多瑞尔森工业大学并获得摄影艺术专业的学士学位。他的摄影作品曾在加拿大各地展出并成功举办了多次个人展览及联展。作品被美国、欧洲和亚洲等世界各大博物馆展出并收藏，包括加拿大国家艺术馆，法国国家图书馆，洛杉矶艺术博物馆，加拿大国家艺术馆，纽约现代艺术博物馆（MOMA）和古根海姆博物馆等。
1985年爱德华•伯汀斯基成立了多伦多影像工作室；曾获得获得TED大奖；2004年荣获阿尔勒国际摄影节人类贡献奖；介绍爱德华•伯汀斯基创作过程的影片《人造风景》在多佗多国家电影节获最佳加拿大纪录片奖；2006年他获得加拿大杰出贡献荣誉勋章，鉴证了他在摄影事业上的成就。
爱德华•伯汀斯基先生将出席开幕式，并在UCCA举办演讲。
感谢加拿大使馆对此期展览的支持。
感谢拿大航空公司、加拿大原子能有限公司、布雷克律师事务所、庞巴迪公司、加拿大小麦局、加拿大出口发展公司、中宏保险公司、鲍尔太平有限公司以及永明金融集团。这些加拿大公司均为加拿大在华的文化宣传活动提供了不懈支持。
Edward Burtynsky: “China”
Solo Exhibition – Photography
Opening on Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Reception at the Paris Beijing Photo Gallery I - 3pm
Lecture at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) – 6pm
Exhibition Dates: October 26th, 2008 – January 10th, 2009
Venue: Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery I
The Paris Beijing Photo Gallery is honored to exhibit world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky from the 26th of October until the 10th of January.
Edward Burtynsky is known as one of Canada’s most respected photographers.
Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in his work. With his large format camera, Burtynsky captures the vast scale and minute details of monumental societal transformations. He brings environmental cause and effect to attention by highlighting the interaction between industry, construction and the natural environment.
From 2002 to 2005, the photographer explored China various industrial complexes and afforded us privileged glimpse on the vast social and economic transformation currently underway in China.
The gallery will present for the first time in China a wide selection of his works: the series Three Gorges Dam, Coal and Steel, Shipyards, Recycling and Manufacturing including these impressive internal vistas of seemingly infinite factory floors, such as Cankun factory, the world’s largest maker of iron (23 000 employees), and Yuyuan, a sport shoe manufacturer that employs 90 000 workers.
Edward Burtynsky perfectly combines the raw elements of mining, quarrying, manufacturing, shipping and oil production into eloquent, highly expressive visions that find beauty and humanity in the most unlikely of places.
The large format prints (100 x 125 centimeters) create a dizzying effect on the viewer as every detail is in needle-sharp focus from the foreground to the distant horizons.
Born in St. Catharines, Ontario in 1955, Edward Burtynsky graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical University in Toronto with a B.A. in Photographic Arts. His photographic works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia and are included in the collections of several major museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York.
His distinctions include the Outreach award at the Rencontres d’Arles, the Flying Elephant Fellowship and the TED Prize, honoring individuals who raise awareness of life in a global context to inspire positive change. In August 2006, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, a centrepiece of Canada's Honours System, which recognises a lifetime of outstanding achievement.
The opening reception will take place on Sunday, October 26th at 3pm at Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery I in the presence of the artist.
A lecture will be hosted by the UCCA at 6pm.
The exhibition has the support of the Canadian Embassy in China.
The Canadian Embassy in Beijing would like to thank the corporate members of the Embassy Patrons' Program, including Air Canada, Atomic Energy of Canada, Blake Cassels & Graydon, Bombardier, Canadian Wheat Board, Export Development Canada, Manulife Sinochem, Power Pacific Corporation Ltd. and Sun Life Financial for their continued support of Canadian culture in China.
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