Ad Libs: A photographer's vision in oil Rebecca Wallace's Ad Libs Blog, posted by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly, on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:02 pm Rebecca Wallace is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online
About four years ago, Edward Burtynsky's titanic and disturbingly beautiful photos made up the most powerful exhibition I've seen at the Cantor Arts Center. Mining and refining leave scars on the Earth, but Burtynsky finds color and light inside.
Burtynsky now has an exhibition focusing on oil up at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (in case you happen to be passing through). Sprawling images of old derricks, ship-breakings and trashed cars are compelling even online.
Posted by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:12 am Walter_E_Wallis is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online
Sometimes an engineer's aesthetics get in the way of engineering. The piping configuration in the foreground of the refinery picture uses four 90 degree elbows where two 45 degree ells would have accomplished the same routing with a third less material and a significant reduction in pumping cost.
Posted by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly, on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:28 am Rebecca Wallace is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online
I don't usually get the engineering viewpoint on the art I cover, so that was particularly interesting. Thanks, Walter!
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About four years ago, Edward Burtynsky's titanic and disturbingly beautiful photos made up the most powerful exhibition I've seen at the Cantor Arts Center. Mining and refining leave scars on the Earth, but Burtynsky finds color and light inside.
