Edward Burtynsky's Oil at the Photographers' Gallery - in pictures

Shipbreaking #13, Chittagong, Bangladesh (2000)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London
Photograph: Edward Burtynsk

Socar Oil Fields #6, Baku, Azerbaijan (2006)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London Photograph: Edward Burtynsky

Oil Refineries #22, St John, New Brunswick, Canada (1999)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London Photograph: Edward Burtynsky

Oxford Tire Pile #4, Westley, California, USA (1999)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London Photograph: Edward Burtynsky

Breezewood, Pennsylvania, USA (2008)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London Photograph: Edward Burtynsky

Alberta Oil Sands #2, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada (2007)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London Photograph: Edward Burtynsky

Highway #1, Intersection 105 & 110, Los Angeles, California, USA (2003)
Courtesy Nicholas Metivier, Toronto/Flowers, London Photograph: Edward Burtynsky

Burtynsky: Oil is at the Photographers’ Gallery from 19 May Photograph: Dennis Gilbert