Movie night at Mosaic. A few of us watched the documentary "Manufactured Landscapes" about photographer Edward Burtynsky. He documents monumental man made landscapes. It's stunning work that is both beautiful and disturbing. I think that's the strength of his work, it derives its impact by presenting the way things are, in it's beauty and its ugliness, without telling you what you should think about it. As Burtynsky says it "isn't right or wrong," it requires a new way of thinking about these things. But make no mistake, the images are profoundly moving, no small feat in our image saturated world. You can see Burtynsky here accepting his 2005 TED Prize:
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