Incollect Magazine - Issue 11

Incollect Magazine 75 David Burdeny Trimper Gallery Trimper Gallery in Greenwich represents important photographers, among them Sebastio Salgado, Jimmy Nelson and David Burdeny, the popular Vancouver-based photographer known for dramatic images of interiors and landscapes from around the world. “He has an edge,” Trimper says, by way of explanation as to what sets Burdeny apart from other landscape artists. “He’s super smart about his composition. There is always something unusual about his images. He doesn't just shoot a landscape or interior but includes little things that surround it that provide a new perspective and visual interest. He gives you a context for what you are looking at.” Burdeny strives to be fully accurate in what he sees. He does a little detail enhancement and color correcting, but doesn’t amplify colors seen in nature, or dramatically change the visual aspect of what he is photographing. “He is not a travel photographer,” Trimper says, “He doesn’t show up somewhere to photograph local attractions and amp up the color for impact. “He really takes time to research where he is going so he can capture unique vistas of places and people that we may be familiar with. He can make the familiar seem unfamiliar.” Burdeny’s portfolio is vast — he has photographed in dozens of countries for more than 30 years. Trimper is particularly enamored, he says, of the artist’s photographs of interiors from around the world. “He shoots his interiors in such a way that the spaces are completely empty, and it gives them an astonishing poignancy,” he says. An image of a Renaissance library in Parma, Italy was captured bathed in ethereal light, evoking centuries of learning and debate. “Here he uses stillness and silence to create an evocative sense of mood,” Trimper says. Saltern Study 12, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2015. Library, Parma, Italy, 2016.