English-born photographer Robert Leslie drove a total of 10,000 miles across the American South and Southwest. What he found was not a prosperous land of opportunity but a storm-torn region in decay.
In his large-scale projects, Canadian photographer Ed Burtynsky considers the impact of man on the natural world. In this gallery of images and a TED Talk, filmed in Vancouver in 2014, he introduces his latest project, Watermark, which focuses on humanity’s complicated relationship to water — how we use it and abuse it, and how that shapes our world.
Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world to capture how man is leaving a mark on nature. See 13 of his haunting photos.