San Marco Dawn, Venice, Italy, 2012

I began this image immediately after making “San Marco Night”. The sky had lightened and dawn was beginning to break. I had been photographing this space at night and now into dawn and I was interested in creating an image that was about that experience. Using a variety of neutral density filters, I kept building up the exposure length as the square became more populated. Pedestrians were moving through the image, but were not recorded because of their movement. For this image, I experimented with a very dense filter that gave me a half hour exposure and as such I literally photographed night turning to day.

– 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.