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Oct 02, 2009
Edward Burtynsky’s Oil @ The Corcoran Gallery of Art
Edward Burtynsky, “SOCAR Oil Fields #3, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006,” Chromogenic color print. Copyright the artist, courtesy Nicholas Metiveir Gallery, Toronto and Corcoran Gallery of Art. “How do you photograph something you can’t see?,” was the question Edward Burtynsky faced when creating the images in Oil, on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art starting tomorrow. The world-renowned photographer began his career focused on consumerism and consumption, but around 15 years ago he had his…