Sacred and Secular
If you’re satiated with stories and images about Vancouver – but still fascinated with the urban condition – take a breather at the Jennifer Kostiuk Gallery at 1070 Homer until March 14 for some extraordinary images from other lands.
Vancouver photography artist David Burdeny left his architecture practice and spent two years travelling the world to several countries like Dubai, China, Egypt, Europe, and Greenland photographing cities.
Sacred and Secular … depicts urban edge conditions and built environments throughout the world. … Burdeny’s intention for each image is to be highly site specific when viewed up close, and more generic when viewed from afar. He obtains this perspective by having the earth, air and water in each image rendered large and neutral – an infinite field on which society builds and transform the landscape.
I never thought that someone could take such beautiful pictures on such dreary and cloudy days. Very nice.
http://members.shaw.ca/urbanismo/2010.pdf