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Edward Burtynsky
Shipbreaking #15 Chittagong, Bangladesh 2000

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Color photograph of a nighttime industrial demolition site, workers in pale clothing cutting through massive rust-colored metal structures by welding torch light under a deep blue sky
Artist or Maker
Edward Burtynsky
Canada, Ontario, Saint Catharines, active Canada and United States, born 1955
Title
Shipbreaking #15 Chittagong, Bangladesh
Date Made
2000
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
Image: 26 7/8 × 24 1/8 in. (68.26 × 61.28 cm) Primary support: 26 7/8 × 24 1/8 in. (68.26 × 61.28 cm) Secondary support (sight): 34 × 41 in. (86.36 × 104.14 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen I. Reinstein Trust
Accession Number
M.2018.66.14
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Edward Burtynsky