(Host) A photo exhibition at the Shelburne Museum this summer features visions of the natural world with images of the effect industry has had on nature.
The images in the collection are by famed landscape photographer Ansel Adams and by contemporary Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky.
Shelburne Museum director Stephan Jost says Ansel Adams made clear how he liked to have his work exhibited.
(Jost) "He throughout his life made portfolios. So he kind of selected what he thought were the best works that he was making at the time. He was pretty clear about it. So what he would put together a group of anywhere from 10 to 20 photographs and they could be from any period of his life. And he would arrange them and he would tell you what order to hang them in. So the exhibition is in some ways curated by Ansel Adams."
(Host) Jost says visitors will be struck by the small size of the photographs because people are accustomed to seeing Ansel Adams prints on posters and calendars.
The photos by Edward Burtynsky are much larger. And they’re also in color.
Jost says they depict industrial scenes that are the hallmark of Burtynsky’s work.
(Jost) "And so I think his relationship with industry in North America has been longstanding in the same way that Ansel Adams relationship to Yosemite as a small kid is very close to him, industry and the impact of industry on the landscape is a subject of Burtynsky’s work."
(Host) The exhibit of both photographers’ work opens June 19 at the Shelburne Museum.