Edward Burtynsky’s work asks us to think about the relationship between nature and industry, and the human interventions that contribute to environmental change. The artist’s large-format photographs taken from dramatic vantage points document in exacting detail the desolate sites of mass manufacturing and waste disposal. Located in remote areas that extend from Vermont to Bangladesh, these at once awesome and toxic places are integrally linked to our daily habits of consumption. Behind each of Burtynsky’s images lies a tension between its seductive, ultimately beautiful, visual qualities and the harmful implications of its subject—a tension that evokes our desire for the conveniences of contemporary life regardless of environmental consequences.