Winter 2004–2005
Artist Project / Shipbreaking
Run aground
Edward Burtynsky

Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking No. 11, Chittagong, Bangladesh,
2000. Courtesy of the Charles Cowles Gallery, New York and the Robert Koch
Gallery, San Francisco.
Edward Burtynsky is an artist based in Toronto. His work is in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Burtynsky was a recipient of the inaugural TED prize in 2004.
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