Nature Transformed
April 21, 2012, through August 19, 2012
Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context
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Edward Burtynsky, Abandoned Marble Quarry #18, Rutland, Vermont, 1991, digital chromogenic color print. Photograph courtesy Howard Greenberg & Bryce Wolkowitz, New York / Nicholas Metivier, Toronto.
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Edward Burtynsky, Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991, digital chromogenic color print. Photograph courtesy Howard Greenberg & Bryce Wolkowitz, New York / Nicholas Metivier, Toronto.
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Edward Burtynsky, Rock of Ages #12, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991, digital chromogenic color print. Photograph courtesy Howard Greenberg & Bryce Wolkowitz, New York / Nicholas Metivier, Toronto.
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Edward Burtynsky, Rock of Ages #4, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991, digital chromogenic color print. Photograph courtesy Howard Greenberg & Bryce Wolkowitz, New York / Nicholas Metivier, Toronto.
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Edward Burtynsky, Danby Marble Quarry #2, Underground Quarry, Danby, Vermont, 1995, digital chromogenic color print. Courtesy of the artist.
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Photographer unknown, Interior of the Corti and Novelli Shed (Corti is at the far left; Novelli is at the right, seated), about 1902.
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Photographer unknown, Granite quarry and workers, Consolidated Granite Co., Eagan Quarry, Barre, Vermont, date unknown.
Location
Temporary Exhibitions, Jaffe and Hall Galleries
About
Burtynsky’s vivid and iconic photographs of the quarries of Vermont are explored within the context of the geological and social history of the area, including in particular the Italian immigrant stoneworkers in the marble quarries around Rutland and the granite quarries near Barre.
Generously supported by Raphael and Jane Bernstein / Parnassus Foundation, Laurie Jean Weil D.V.M. in honor of her parents, Jean and Bucks Weil, Class of 1935, the Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund, and the Ray Winfield Smith 1918 Fund.
Exhibition Curator
Juliette Bianco | Pieter Broucke
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Additional Information
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