David Burdeny, Mercator's Projection, Antarctica, 2007
In keeping with the photography theme of our last post, we have another award-winning photographers new exhibition.
North/South is the new photography series by David Burdeny, winner of the Nature Photographer of the Year award in the 2008 Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards. The images of the exhibition presented by Herringer Kiss Gallery in Calgary depicts the monolithic ice forms and fragile shorelines of Greenland, Iceland, and Antarctica.
David Burdeny
David Burdeny, Ilulissat Icefjord 03, Greenland, 2008
David Burdeny has become one of the most prominent Canadian landscape photographers. With over forty exhibitions since 2003 from Canada to the USA to Europe and having worked on five continents for almost a decade, it’s no wonder that Burdeny’s work shows a worldliness that one cannot teach.
His background in architecture has also clearly influenced his work as a fine artist through his use of line, angle, and composition.
From the Herringer Kiss Gallery website:
David’s images attempt to encapsulate both the otherworldliness, and the vital reality of the sea and frozen oceans. Raised in the prairies, the open vastness and definable horizon is important in and integral to a Burdeny image. Moving beyond the literal, his images have been described as ominous, haunting, beautiful and meditative.
Exhibition Details
David Burdeny, Weddell Sea Entrance, Antarctica, 2007
Date: February 7 to 28, 2009
Location: Herringer Kiss Gallery
Address: 709A – 11th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2R 0E3
Gallery Hours: 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Tuesday to Friday and 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday. Private appointments available upon request.
Phone: 403.228.4889
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Spectatular! I posted to my Facebook page.
Spectatular! I posted to my FB page
The first implication of Divine Inspiration was the title: Mercator’s projection, followed by the location of where the picture was taken, then the division of the earth into Light and Dark, the square divided by four…and where all these images directed my imagination. Thank you Mr. Burdeny for sharing your gift.