Comission: Edward Burtynsky

I have already looked at Burtynsky for other projects, but as his work is so relevant to the issues i am looking at in this project, i decided to revisit him. This time, i was looking into is work on Metal Recycling.

This set of images focus on the massive amount of metal recycling done in Ontario, Canada. The way he emphasises this is to fully fill the frame with these recycled parts in the image. The images are all taken in colour and inclued an enormous amount of detail, which leads me to believe that they were taken on large format. This is very similar to what i want to try and convey with my project. The only issue i face is that many companies aren't willing to let someone on site to photograph. Im going to try and find a new angle on the project that will allow me to photograph this idea of waste and recycling, without having to tresspass and break into places.