The Maze (Edward Burtynsky: Western Australia)

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Silver Lake Operations # 1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia




Hovering above the area of interest, a sense of vertigo






Silver Lake Operations # 2, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia




Nothing specific; a circular crater, a spill of something like blood; an unlimited blank horizon






Silver Lake Operations # 3, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia




Seen from high above and far away the alluvial stain of the maze seems to trace the flow of a prior history for which the words have not been retained






Silver Lake Operations # 8, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007




Yet as one moves closer certain small adjustments of perspective must be made






Silver Lake Operations # 15, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia




To accommodate the vision of the mined surface stitched and scored like a surgical wound






Tailings # 1, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Photos from Australia by Edward Burtynsky, 2007 (via Edward Burtynsky Photographic Works)