Burtynsky-palooza

Tyler Green posted a cornucopia of links and extended commentary about Edward Burtynsky today, including a novel take on his work in the LA Times. Recently, Burtynsky's work has begun to be presented as directly and explicitly environmental message.

When my wife and I went to see his mid-career retrospective in Ottawa in 2003, I recall that Burtynsky explicitly disavowed this positioning of his work in video/text accompanying the show. However, as his profile rises (based purely on the amazing aethetics of this images) I suspect there is probably a temptation to draw a bigger meaning for the work (which is there implicitly, of course) and create a "Burtynsky brand". Which strikes me as unnecessary.

UPDATE: Chris Hoff at OC Art Blog is trying to decide which Burtynsky to buy. Of his three options, my vote.