Chances are if you've seen an aerial photograph of a terrifyingly large oil field, or a machine near that oil field that looks capable of moving a building, Edward Burtynsky took the photo. Burtynsky has been shooting human-altered landscapes for decades and, after years of photographing oil fields around the world, he recently shifted his focus to the industry of water.

His "Water" collection focuses on two regions: the recovery effort in the Gulf of Mexico immediately following the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the crawling webs of water ways used for dryland farming in Monegros County in Northeast Spain. 

A 2008 collection of Burtynsky's photos titled "Oil" is currently on view at the Canadian Museum of Science in Ottawa through September 2013. The exhibit also has an accompanying app.

In addition to his photography, he also founded the Toronto Image Works photo lab.