From the largest pilgrimage towards water in the world (see the Kumbh Mela on left) to the petered out end of the rerouted Colorado River (next right) to the greening of the Arizona desert using pivot irrigation (next right), Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has spent the last few years documenting the human relationship to water around the world. In turns alarming and alluring, the photos are a powerful catalyst for safeguarding one of our most precious resources. (At Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery through Nov 2nd).
Edward Burtynsky, installation view of ‘Water’ at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, Sept 2013.