Whether it’s lobbying for bills about clean energy or screening documentaries about carbon emissions’ effects on our planet, it seems Washington and oil can’t quite separate themselves.
This time, it’s Edward Burtynsky at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, showing a tale of oil through photography.
“Edward Burtynsky: Oil,” a series of photographs taken during the past decade, shows how the world’s dependence on oil affects the landscape.
“It’s like trying to photograph something that isn’t there, that you can’t see,” Burtynsky said of oil. “It’s like the blood in our veins. We don’t see it.”
The photographer said he thinks Washington is an appropriate place for an exhibition on oil, considering it’s where policies are made. He said it would be nice if politicians would visit his exhibit while considering a move to cleaner energy.
Burtynsky and William Rees, an ecological economist and professor, will speak about the exhibit at the show’s official opening at 4 p.m. Saturday.
