‘We’re all incriminated:’ Behind the scenes with Ed Burtynsky as he prepares to mount his immersive, scathing new film, In the Wake of Progress
Shipbreaking #23, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000.© Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto The boy on the screen leans against his metal tools in Chittagong, Bangladesh, to the sound of a warped orchestra. He’s dwarfed by the blackened hull of a ship looming behind him. It’s no longer being covered by insurance, so somebody, somewhere, has …