Photography

What elements of this photograph stand out for you? Do you think this photograph is beautiful? What attitude do you think the photographer has towards nature? How does finding out that the intense colors in this photograph are due to toxic chemicals that have been dumped onto the land?
Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings #30, Sudbury, Ontario, 1996, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
  1. What elements of this photograph stand out for you?
  2. Do you think this photograph is beautiful?
  3. What attitude do you think the photographer has towards nature?
  4. How does finding out that the intense colors in this photograph are due to toxic chemicals that have been dumped onto the land affect your appreciation of it?
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