Manufactured Landscapes

A stunning portrait of acclaimed large-scale photographer Edward Burtynsky as he captures the seismic impact our industry has had on the world.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Director

    Jennifer Baichwal

  • Canada 2006. 88min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    U

Jennifer Baichwal’s riveting portrait of large format photographer Edward Burtynsky captures him at work, shooting vast Chinese factory complexes, a shipping graveyard in Bangladesh and observing the construction of China’s monumental Three Gorges Dam project. The scale of industrialisation is both breathtaking and terrifying, capturing the enormity of human achievement and a portent of what such activity means for the world we are transforming.

See Manufactured Landscapes with intro by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky on Friday 16 February.

Manufactured Landscapes is available on BFI DVD.