EDWARD BURTYNSKY "SHIPBREAKING #2 FIELD PROOF", 2001This is one of the most curious Edward Burtynsky images we have handled to date. A striking photograph that reveals the photographer's process, but also demonstrates his willingness to experiment with the medium and production. "Shipbreaking #2 Field Proof" comes from Burtynsky's Pentimento project, a series of distressed Polaroid negatives taken as test shots for "Shipbreaking" and then printed in large format. Raw, unfiltered and in black and white,

8"H 7"W (work)

the artist began to produce a new body of work

Haas was eager to expand his practice

and popular culture

his portrait floating in a void of negative space that amplifies a sense of isolation

Click here to see another work where traditional Dutch iconography is replaced by General Idea's fey mischief

the statements were influenced by writings of major political figures such as Emma Goldman

regardless of medium

The works on paper from this period document his friends in casual and lighthearted scenarios

Siskind's aesthetic and sensibility evolved parallel to the Abstract Expressionist movement

Silver print

We highly recommend the incredible book that was published in 2012 documenting this body of work