Burtynsky's most famous work focuses on methods of industrial urbanisation, including: mine tailings, piles of waste, cranes and quarries. Burtynsky has numerously travelled to China to photograph certain areas of the country to present the importance of the industrial development needed, as well as photographing the construction of one of the most well known engineering projects, the Three Gorges Dam. He has been influenced by four particular artists; Edward Weston, Eadward Muybridge, as well as Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams who's work I have enjoyed analysing. Alot of Burtynsky's work has been taken using a large format field camera with 4x5 inch film screen which have been developed to produce high resolution photographs of various sizes from 18x22 inches to 60x80 inches.
I like this image photographed by Burtynsky due to the fact that teh composition of the main subject ( the pile of tyres) presents a theme of growth, almost in a natural way as Burtynsky did not arrange them in a specific way to be photographed. It also presents a link between people and the actual subject matter in relation to my exam theme; Growth and Evolution as the effect of a growing population would be a an increasing production of waste over time as the population increases. I think that this would be an interesting theme to follow for my project, to portray the effects of a growing population on earth. I could initially do this by photographing landfill sites, recycling as well as more personal waste, for example: clothes/toys being given to charity to present the idea of a persons growth, as apose to the general public.
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