_Edward Burtynsky has a new photography exhibit, OIL, one image of which you see on the right. It looks like he has used many of his previous images from Manufactured Landscapes to create this new exhibit. Just recycling of old images or a refocusing on what he sees as the root cause of all he has heretofore documented? The photo on the left is not one of his but an image of heroin being prepared for injection, gleaned from the internet, photographer not known. How far-fetched is this juxtaposition of images? How much of an addiction is oil? How frightening are the consequences of our addiction to oil? Is oil finally being seen as a far more destructive addiction than any illicit drug? This represents a small, but growing, idea that what is usually considered a necessary evil (we have to use oil, dirty as it is, to work, travel and function as a society) is beginning to be seen for what it is, a devastating addiction that is ruining our life support system.
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