edward burtynsky be a canadian photographer who make art out of the least artful object imaginable . everyday item such a crate and box and metal container and etc . item which most of u perceive a utilitarian at best and dismiss a be utterly without aesthetic merit be instead convert into glorious object dart by burtynsky camera . he achieve this result by focus on the recur color and geometric pattern that be apparently ever present in the industrialized world for those perceptive enough to spot them and that be . even heap of compacted trash can become object of beauty when see through burtynsky lens ( but do not we already know that from wall e. ) . he be particularly interested in photograph area like mine and shipyard where man have already make incursion into nature which may explain why at time even the people in his picture ( i. e. the worker in those place ) and with their uniform clothing and robotic movement and become part of the industrial landscape . manufacture landscape and a documentary about burtynsky work and have much of the feel of a koyaanisqatsi about it a it dazzle u with it richly variegate kaleidoscope of image and pattern . indeed and director jennifer baichwal and cinematographer peter mettler capture the essence of the original photo in purely cinematic term and a their own camera record burtynsky and his assistant run photo shoot at a factory in china and a dockyard in bangladesh and and the construction site at the massive three river gorge dam project in china . with their fluid camera work and the filmmaker match point for point the beauty of burtynsky image . in fact and the movie open with a stunning eight minute long track shot of a chinese factory in which hundred of similarly dress worker toil away in perfectly symmetrical and color coordinate row . the movie do less well when burtynsky get around to articulate the theme of his work and which and quite frankly and come out sound confused and contradictory and decidedly half bake at best . but it be a a purely aesthetic experience and highlighting image and form and that manufacture landscape resonate most . in the case of burtynsky and perhaps and a picture really be worth a thousand word .