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
TEDGlobal 2009

Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

에드워드 부틴스키의 석유와 관련된 랜드스케이프 사진

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아주 놀라운 대형 사진을 통해, 에드워드 부틴스키는 유전에서부터 시작해서 송유관을 거쳐 자동차 엔진에 이르는 현대사회를 관통하는 석유의 흐름을 따라가며, 예상되는 피크오일의 최종단계가 어떨지를 보여줍니다.
- 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. Full bio

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I started시작한 my journey여행 30 years연령 ago...전에.
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제 여정의 시작은 30년 전이었습니다.
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And I worked일한 in mines광산. And I realized깨달은 that
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광산에서도 사진을 찍었죠. 제가 깨달은 것은
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this was a world세계 unseen보이지 않는 것.
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본적이 없는 세계의 모습이라는 것이었습니다.
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And I wanted, through...을 통하여 color색깔 and large큰 format체재 cameras카메라
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그래서 저는 대형컬러카메라와
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and very large큰 prints인쇄물,
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대형사진을 통해서
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to make a body신체 of work that somehow어쩐지
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우리 인간의 랜드스케이프 이용에 관한
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became되었다 symbols기호들 of our
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상징과도 같은
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use of the landscape경치,
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그런 작업하고 싶었습니다.
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how we use the land땅.
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인간이 어떻게 땅을 이용하느냐에 관한 것이죠.
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And to me this was
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제게 있어 이 문제는
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a key키 component구성 요소 that somehow어쩐지, through...을 통하여 this medium매질 of photography사진술,
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사진매체를 통해 우리로 하여금
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which어느 allows허락하다 us to contemplate생각하다 these landscapes풍경,
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랜드스케이프에 관해 생각해보게끔 하는 중요한 부분이면서,
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that I thought photography사진술 was perfectly아주 suited어울려
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이런 작업에 사진은 아주 적합한 매체라고
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to doing this type유형 of work.
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여기는 가장 중요한 이유가 되기도 합니다.
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And after 17 years연령 of photographing촬영 large큰 industrial산업의 landscapes풍경,
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거대한 산업 랜드스케이프에 관한 17년간의 작업 후,
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it occurred발생한 to me that
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제게 드는 생각은
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oil기름 is underpinning밑받침 the scale규모 and speed속도.
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석유가 산업 랜드스케이프의 규모팽창과 속도증가를 뒷받침한다는 것이었습니다.
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Because that is what has changed변경된,
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왜냐하면 그 동안 변화한 것은 바로
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is the speed속도 at which어느 we're taking취득 all our resources자원.
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우리가 자연자원을 소비하는 속도였으니까요.
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And so then I went갔다 out to develop나타나게 하다 a whole완전한 series시리즈
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그래서 저는 석유가 만들어내는 랜드스케이프에 관한
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on the landscape경치 of oil기름.
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작업을 진행하기 시작했습니다.
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And what I want to do is to kind종류 of map지도 an arc호
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제가 하고 싶은 것은
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that there is extraction추출, where we're taking취득 it from the ground바닥,
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땅에서부터 석유를 끌어올리는 시추에서부터 정제에 이르는
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refinement정제. And that's one chapter장.
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전체 과정을 그려보려는 것입니다. 이것이 첫 번째 부분입니다.
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The other chapter장 that I wanted to look at was
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제가 들여다 보고자하는 다음 부분은
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how we use it -- our cities도시들,
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우리가 석유를 어떻게 사용하느냐입니다.
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our cars자동차, our motorcultures모터 문화,
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도시와 자동차
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where people gather모으다 around the vehicle차량
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사람들이 자동차를 찬양하는
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as a celebration축하.
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자동차문화와 같은 문제들을 바라보자는 것입니다.
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And then the third제삼 one is this idea생각 of the end종료 of oil기름,
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세번째는 석유의 종착점,
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this entropic엔트로피의 end종료,
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즉 엔트로피의 말단에 관한 것인데,
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where all of our parts부분품 of cars자동차, our tires타이어,
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자동차 부품, 타이어,
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oil기름 filters필터,
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오일필터,
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helicopters헬리콥터, planes비행기 --
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헬리콥터, 비행기 등,
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where are the landscapes풍경 where all of that stuff물건 ends끝이다 up?
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이 모든 것들이 끝을 맺는 랜드스케이프는 과연 어디일까라는 문제를 다룹니다.
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And to me, again, photography사진술 was
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다시 말씀드리지만, 사진은 제게 있어
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a way in which어느 I could explore탐험하다 and research연구 the world세계,
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세계를 탐색, 연구하고,
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and find those places장소들.
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방금 말씀드린 것과 같은 장소들을 발견하는 하나의 방식입니다.
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And another다른 idea생각 that I had as well,
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제가 관심을 두고 있는 또 다른 문제는
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that was brought가져온 forward앞으로 by an ecologist생태 학자 --
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어느 생태학자가 제기한 것입니다.
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he basically원래 did a calculation계산 where
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기본적으로 그 생태학자가 한 것은
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he took~했다 one liter리터 of gas가스 and said,
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1리터의 석유에 얼만큼의 탄소가 들어있고,
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well, how much carbon탄소 it would take, and how much organic본질적인 material자료?
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얼만큼의 유기성분이 들어있느냐를 계산한 것입니다.
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It was 23 metric미터법의 tons톤 for one liter리터.
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그 결과는 석유 1리터 당 23톤이었습니다.
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So whenever할때는 언제나 I fill가득 따르다 up my gas가스,
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그러니까 자동차에 석유를 넣을때 마다,
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I think of that liter리터, and how much carbon탄소.
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저는 그 엄청난 탄소의 양을 생각하게 되었습니다.
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And I know that oil기름 comes온다 from the ocean대양 and phytoplankton식물성 플랑크톤,
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석유가 바다와 식물성플랑크톤에서 비롯된 사실을 알고 있습니다만,
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but he did the calculations계산 for our Earth지구
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이 생태학자는 지구를 생각해서 계산을 한 것이며,
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and what it had to do to produce생기게 하다 that amount양 of energy에너지.
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1리터의 석유가 갖는 에너지양을 만들어내기 위해 지구가 어떤 과정을 겪는지를 설명한 것입니다.
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From the photosynthetic광합성 growth성장,
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광합성 성장부터 시작해서,
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it would take 500 years연령 of that growth성장
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우리가 지금 연간 3백억 배럴씩 사용하는
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to produce생기게 하다 what we use, the 30 billion십억 barrels배럴 we use per당 year년.
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석유의 형태로 변하는데 500년이 걸립니다.
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And that also또한 brought가져온 me to the fact것 that
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이것이 시사하는 바는
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this poses포즈 such이러한 a risk위험 to our society사회.
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우리 사회에 이것이 심각한 위험을 불러일으킬 수 있다는 사실입니다.
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Looking at 30 billion십억 per당 year년,
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연간 3백억 배럴을 염두에 두고
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we look at our two largest가장 큰 suppliers공급자,
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최대산유국 두 나라,
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Saudi사우디 Arabia아라비아 and now Canada캐나다, with its dirty더러운 oil기름.
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사우디 아라비아와 불순물 섞인 석유를 생산하는 캐나다를 놓고 봅시다.
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And together함께 they only form형태 about 15 years연령 of supply공급.
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두 나라의 매장량을 합쳐도 약 15년 정도의 공급량밖에 되지 않습니다.
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The whole완전한 world세계, at 1.2 trillion일조 estimated추정 된 reserves준비금,
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1조 2천 배럴 정도로 추정되는 전세계 매장량도
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only gives주는 us about 45 years연령.
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약 45년치 공급량일 뿐입니다.
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So, it's not a question문제 of if, but a question문제 of when
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그러므로 이는 매장량, 공급량에 관한 문제가 아니라,
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peak피크 oil기름 will come upon...에 us.
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대체 언제 피크 오일이 우리에게 영향을 미칠 것이냐의 문제인 것입니다.
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So, to me, using~을 사용하여 photography사진술 --
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제게 있어 사진 작업은...
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and I feel that all of us need to now begin시작하다 to really
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우리 모두가 우리의 재능과
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take the task태스크 of using~을 사용하여 our talents재능,
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사고방식을 이용하여
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our ways길 of thinking생각,
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제가 생각하기에 아마도
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to begin시작하다 to deal거래 with what I think is probably아마
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우리 시대 가장 어려운 문제 가운데 하나인
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one of the most가장 challenging도전적인 issues문제 of our time,
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어떻게 에너지 위기에 대처할 것이냐라는 문제에
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how to deal거래 with our energy에너지 crisis위기.
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대응해나가야 합니다.
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And I would like to say that, on the other side측면 of it,
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그리고 이 문제를 조금 다르게 보면,
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30, 40 years연령 from now, the children어린이 that I have,
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지금부터 30~40년 후 우리 아이들을 보면서
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I can look at them and say, "We did everything
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이렇게 말할 수 있을 것입니다. "우리가 할 수 있는 것은 다 했단다."
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we possibly혹시, humanly인간적으로 could do,
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"내가 느끼기에 우리 시대 가장 중요하면서"
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to begin시작하다 to mitigate완화시키다 this,
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"결정적인 순간에 닥친 문제를 진정시키기 위해"
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what I feel is one of the most가장 important중대한 and critical결정적인
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"어떤 식으로든 힘이 닿는데까지 할 수 있는 것은 전부 다."
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moments순간들 in our time. Thank you.
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라고 말입니다. 감사합니다.
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(Applause박수 갈채)
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Translated by Zyi Ryong Kim
Reviewed by Hugh Hyung-uk Choi

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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.

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