On November 4, 2023, we will open the exhibition "African Studies" by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. For his new series, he spent seven years traveling through ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa. He documents the rapid industrialization of the continent, arguably the world's last great expansion. In the exhibition we present works from Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa.
We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition on November 4 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. At 4 p.m., Edward Burtynsky will welcome you personally with a short introduction.

Heide & Robert Springer

Statement by Edward Burtynsky, extracts from the book "African Studies", Steidl Verlag 2022:

»Homo sapiens began migrating out of Africa as early as 200,000 years ago. Fast-forward to the 21st century and we’ve come full circle, returning to one of the last places on Earth to be swept into the unrelenting machinations of the human industrial complex. With our ever-increasing population and requisite appetite for unlimited economic and technological expansion, the African continent, boas-ting a tremendous wealth of unexploited resources, is a fragile, final frontier — resting squarely in the crosshairs of progress.«

— Edward Burtynsky