ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edward Burtynsky - Photographer
2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life's work to document humanity's impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.

Why you should listen

To describe Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's work in a single adjective, you have to speak French: jolie-laide. His images of scarred landscapes -- from mountains of tires to rivers of bright orange waste from a nickel mine -- are eerily pretty yet ugly at the same time. Burtynsky's large-format color photographs explore the impact of humanity's expanding footprint and the substantial ways in which we're reshaping the surface of the planet. His images powerfully alter the way we think about the world and our place in it.

With his blessing and encouragement, WorldChanging.com and others use his work to inspire ongoing global conversations about sustainable living. Burtynsky's photographs are included in the collections of over 50 museums around the world, including the Tate, London and the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York City. A large-format book, 2003's Manufactured Landscapes, collected his work, and in 2007, a documentary based on his photography, also called Manufactured Landscapes, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival before going on to screen at Sundance and elsewhere. It was released on DVD in March 2007. In 2008, after giving a talk at the Long Now Foundation, Burtynsky proposed "The 10,000 Year Gallery," which could house art to be curated over thousands of years preserved through carbon transfers in an effort to reflect the attitudes and changes of the world over time. 

When Burtynsky accepted his 2005 TED Prize, he made three wishes. One of his wishes: to build a website that will help kids think about going green. Thanks to WGBH and the TED community, the show and site Meet the Greens debuted at TED2007. His second wish: to begin work on an Imax film, which morphed into the jaw-dropping film Manufactured Landscapes with Jennifer Baichwal. And his third wish, wider in scope, was simply to encourage "a massive and productive worldwide conversation about sustainable living." Thanks to his help and the input of the TED community, the site WorldChanging.com got an infusion of energy that has helped it to grow into a leading voice in the sustainability community.

In 2016, he won a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts for his work.

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TEDGlobal 2009

Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

エドワード・バーティンスキーが撮す石油の風景

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驚く程美しい巨大な写真を使い、エドワード・バーティンスキーが油井からパイプラインや自動車のエンジン -- そして予期されているオイルピークの終わりの先 -- にいたるまで、現代社会の隅々にある石油の道筋を追います。
- Photographer
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I started開始した my journey旅 30 years年 ago前.
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私の旅路は30年前に始まりました
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And I worked働いた in mines鉱山. And I realized実現した that
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炭鉱に足を踏み入れたとき
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this was a world世界 unseen見えない.
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それが目にされることのない世界だと気づき
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And I wanted, throughを通して color色 and large大 formatフォーマット camerasカメラ
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カラーで大判のカメラと
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and very large大 printsプリント,
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とても大きな用紙を使って
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to make a body体 of work that somehow何とか
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我々が大地を
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becameなりました symbolsシンボル of our
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いかに利用しているかの
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use of the landscape風景,
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象徴となる作品群を
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how we use the land土地.
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作りたいと思いました
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And to me this was
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私にとって重要なのは
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a keyキー component成分 that somehow何とか, throughを通して this medium中 of photography写真,
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この写真という媒体を通して
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whichどの allows許す us to contemplate熟慮する these landscapes風景,
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大地を熟視できるということで
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that I thought photography写真 was perfectly完全に suited適した
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写真はそのような作品を作るのに
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to doing this typeタイプ of work.
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完全に適したものだと思いました
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And after 17 years年 of photographing撮影 large大 industrial工業用 landscapes風景,
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巨大な産業が展開される風景を17年撮り続けた後
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it occurred発生した to me that
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その規模とスピードを支えているのは
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oil油 is underpinning支える the scale規模 and speed速度.
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石油であると気付きました
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Because that is what has changedかわった,
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変わったのは
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is the speed速度 at whichどの we're taking取る all our resourcesリソース.
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我々がすべての資源を絞り取るスピードだったからです
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And so then I went行った out to develop開発する a whole全体 seriesシリーズ
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そして「石油の風景」をテーマとした
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on the landscape風景 of oil油.
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シリーズに着手しました
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And what I want to do is to kind種類 of map地図 an arcアーク
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私がやりたかったのは、その道筋の地図を描き出すということで
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that there is extraction抽出, where we're taking取る it from the ground接地,
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第1章は大地から取り出して精製する
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refinement洗練. And that's one chapter章.
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抽出のシーンです
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The other chapter章 that I wanted to look at was
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次の章で扱いたかったのは
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how we use it -- our cities都市,
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我々がそれを如何に消費しているのか
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our cars車, our motorculturesモーターカルチャー,
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都市と 車と
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where people gatherギャザー around the vehicle車両
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人々が車の周りに集って祝うところ
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as a celebrationお祝い.
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車文化です
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And then the third三番 one is this ideaアイディア of the end終わり of oil油,
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3番目の章は 石油の終焉という考え
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this entropicエントロピー end終わり,
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エントロピー的な終焉です
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where all of our parts部品 of cars車, our tiresタイヤ,
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車のあらゆる部品、タイヤ
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oil油 filtersフィルター,
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オイルフィルター
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helicoptersヘリコプター, planes飛行機 --
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ヘリコプター、飛行機 --
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where are the landscapes風景 where all of that stuffもの ends終わり up?
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それら全てが終わりを迎える風景はどこにあるのか？
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And to me, again, photography写真 was
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そして私にとっては、写真が
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a way in whichどの I could explore探検する and research研究 the world世界,
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世界を探求し、調査し、それらの場所を発見する
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and find those places場所.
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方法だったのです
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And another別の ideaアイディア that I had as well,
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そしてもう１つ
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that was brought持ってきた forward前進 by an ecologist生態学者 --
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あるエコロジストによりもたらされた考えがありました
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he basically基本的に did a calculation計算 where
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1リットルのガソリンを生み出すために
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he took取った one literリットル of gasガス and said,
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どれだけの炭素が必要か
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well, how much carbon炭素 it would take, and how much organicオーガニック material材料?
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どれだけの有機物が必要かを 彼は計算しました
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It was 23 metricメトリック tonsトン for one literリットル.
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答えは1リットルに対して23トンでした
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So wheneverいつでも I fill埋める up my gasガス,
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車に給油するときには
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I think of that literリットル, and how much carbon炭素.
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いつもそのことを思います
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And I know that oil油 comes来る from the ocean海洋 and phytoplankton植物プランクトン,
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石油は海と植物プランクトンによりもたらされます
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but he did the calculations計算 for our Earth地球
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それだけのエネルギーを生み出すために
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and what it had to do to produce作物 that amount量 of energyエネルギー.
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どれだけのことが必要になるかも計算しました
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From the photosynthetic光合成 growth成長,
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我々が1年に消費する
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it would take 500 years年 of that growth成長
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300億バレルの石油を生み出すためには
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to produce作物 what we use, the 30 billion億 barrelsバレル we use per〜ごと year年.
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光合成による成長が500年分必要なのです
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And that alsoまた、 brought持ってきた me to the fact事実 that
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それは我々の社会に対する
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this posesポーズ suchそのような a riskリスク to our society社会.
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大いなる脅威を実感させました
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Looking at 30 billion億 per〜ごと year年,
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1年に300億バレルです
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we look at our two largest最大 suppliersサプライヤー,
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２つの大きな石油の供給国
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Saudiサウジ Arabiaアラビア and now Canadaカナダ, with its dirty汚れた oil油.
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サウジアラビアと オイルサンドを持つカナダ
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And together一緒に they only form形 about 15 years年 of supply供給.
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これら2つの国を合わせても 供給量は15年分ほどにしかなりません
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The whole全体 world世界, at 1.2 trillion1兆 estimated推定 reserves埋蔵量,
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only gives与える us about 45 years年.
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45年間しかもちません
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So, it's not a question質問 of if, but a question質問 of when
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オイルピークは「あるかどうか」という問題ではなく
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peakピーク oil油 will come upon〜に us.
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「いつなのか」という問題なのです
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So, to me, usingを使用して photography写真 --
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私は写真を使いますが
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and I feel that all of us need to now beginベギン to really
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みんな真剣に取り組み始めなければならないと感じています
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take the task仕事 of usingを使用して our talents才能,
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各々の才能と
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our ways方法 of thinking考え,
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それぞれの考え方を持ち寄り
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to beginベギン to deal対処 with what I think is probably多分
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対処し始めることです
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one of the most最も challenging挑戦 issues問題 of our time,
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我々の時代における最大の難問であろう
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how to deal対処 with our energyエネルギー crisis危機.
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エネルギー危機に
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And I would like to say that, on the other side側 of it,
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その別な面として
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30, 40 years年 from now, the children子供 that I have,
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「我々の時代における
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I can look at them and say, "We did everything
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we possiblyおそらく, humanly人間的に could do,
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問題の緩和のために 人間として
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to beginベギン to mitigate緩和する this,
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なし得ることはすべてした」と
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what I feel is one of the most最も important重要 and criticalクリティカルな
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30年、40年後に子供達の目を見て
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moments瞬間 in our time. Thank you.
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言えることを望みます どうもありがとう
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(Applause拍手)
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（拍手）
Translated by Akira KAKINOHANA
Reviewed by Yasushi Aoki

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edward Burtynsky - Photographer
2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life's work to document humanity's impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.

Why you should listen

To describe Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's work in a single adjective, you have to speak French: jolie-laide. His images of scarred landscapes -- from mountains of tires to rivers of bright orange waste from a nickel mine -- are eerily pretty yet ugly at the same time. Burtynsky's large-format color photographs explore the impact of humanity's expanding footprint and the substantial ways in which we're reshaping the surface of the planet. His images powerfully alter the way we think about the world and our place in it.

With his blessing and encouragement, WorldChanging.com and others use his work to inspire ongoing global conversations about sustainable living. Burtynsky's photographs are included in the collections of over 50 museums around the world, including the Tate, London and the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York City. A large-format book, 2003's Manufactured Landscapes, collected his work, and in 2007, a documentary based on his photography, also called Manufactured Landscapes, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival before going on to screen at Sundance and elsewhere. It was released on DVD in March 2007. In 2008, after giving a talk at the Long Now Foundation, Burtynsky proposed "The 10,000 Year Gallery," which could house art to be curated over thousands of years preserved through carbon transfers in an effort to reflect the attitudes and changes of the world over time. 

When Burtynsky accepted his 2005 TED Prize, he made three wishes. One of his wishes: to build a website that will help kids think about going green. Thanks to WGBH and the TED community, the show and site Meet the Greens debuted at TED2007. His second wish: to begin work on an Imax film, which morphed into the jaw-dropping film Manufactured Landscapes with Jennifer Baichwal. And his third wish, wider in scope, was simply to encourage "a massive and productive worldwide conversation about sustainable living." Thanks to his help and the input of the TED community, the site WorldChanging.com got an infusion of energy that has helped it to grow into a leading voice in the sustainability community.

In 2016, he won a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts for his work.

More profile about the speaker
Edward Burtynsky | Speaker | TED.com
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