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"Documenting the collision of nature and industry, Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky captures how, for better or worse, human-made structures mediate hostile landscapes and modify preexisting ecosystems. Now at the New Orleans Museum of Art and Contemporary Art Center, an exhibition of Burtynsky photographs examines the colossal toll on the environment resulting from our increasing water usage. In these images, irrigation systems carve grids and circles into rugged terrain, trash fills the bottom of a stepwell, and an astounding amount of water jets from a massive dam.\n\nPinterestFacebook*Navajo Reservation/Suburb, Phoenix, Arizona, USA,* Edward Burtynsky, 2011. Photo \u00A9 Edward Burtynsky, Courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto / Howard Greenberg Gallery, and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York\n\nHowever, more than simply presenting evidence of the world's distressed relationship with its water supply, Burtynsky's images also pose questions about how the distribution of our most vital resource is privileged across social classes. Navajo Reservation/Suburb, Phoenix, Arizona, USA shows a clear demarcation in consumption, a thin strip of road separating indulgent urban growth from acres of Native American-designated desert.\n\nPinterestFacebook*Pivot Irrigation #11, High Plains, Texas Panhandle, USA,* Edward Burtynsky, 2011. Photo \u00A9 Edward Burtynsky, Courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto / Howard Greenberg Gallery, and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York\n\nThrough January 19 at New Orleans Museum of Art and the Contemporary Art Center; noma.org and cacno.org"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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