Palazzo R. Torino, Italy, 2012

This palace is located near the northern outskirts of Torino Italy. It was originally the royal palace of the House of Savoy and was later modernized by the French born Madama Reale Christine Marie of France in the 17^th century. Blessed with an overcast day I went early in the morning with the hopes of having five to ten minutes alone in an empty space. Perhaps it was a slow day at the museum, but nearly a half hour passed before the first tour group made their way past the maze of exhibition rooms and into this connector space. This extra time allowed me to experimented with a variety of lenses before settling on one that gave a slight bit of foreground compression. This setup narrowed the spaces between the arches thereby hiding the light source and ultimately creating soft light and colour palate of my rendition.

– David Burdeny

David Burdeny initiated his career with the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery in 2001 and has been exhibiting his images from the world over, including Antarctica, Iceland, Brazil, China, Burma, Cambodia, France, Italy, Canada and the USA. Known for his finely composed photographs, Burdeny has spent the past 25 years exploring a variegated photographic Landscape ranging from minimal seascapes, ornate European interiors to abstract aerial images. Widely collected in Canada, the USA, Asia and Europe, the sheer beauty of David’s images has firmly placed him within the realm of Canada’s most sought after photo-based artists. Burdeny has an innate curiosity for new subjects and themes, producing over 20 themed photographic series. Be it mounting a camera beneath a self-built drone, shooting from the deck of an Antarctic bound icebreaker, or waiting for an ocean tide to advance, he faithfully embeds his own formal signature into each and every image, further expressing a life long passion for the built environment and the camera’s interpretation of it.

David Burdeny’s Masters in Architecture and Interior Design background combined with his upbringing in the vast Canadian prairies provides the template for his keen technical ability, enduring patience and minimalist aesthetic.