Welcome to the most comprehensive, publicly available collection of aerial photos of the tar sands developments in Northern Alberta, Canada.
the exhibition
'Beautiful Destruction'
Winner 2009 Tom Thomson Trailblazer Award expo d'Art expo Ottawa for "Beach Volleyball Tournament", 2009 24x36 print
Nominated 2009 Emily Carr Legacy Award expo d'Art expo Ottawa for "Pumping Vessel", 2008 24x36 print
Winner Best Work on Paper (Printmaking/Photography), the Patrick Gordon Framing Award, New Art Festival 2009
'Beautiful Destruction' recommended by Toronto Now Magazine (April 30, 2009) as "worth seeing ... as part of the Contact Photography Festival"
Los Angeles Anthem Magazine (May 1, 2009) highlights the exhibition calling "Louis Helbig, an Ottowan obsessed with the mind-bending Canadian tar sands"
Adrian Harewood, host of CBC All In A Day, (April 21, 2009) describes the images as "stunning."
Murray Whyte of the Toronto Star (May 23, 2009) writes, "Photographer Louis Helbig calls his current series "Beautiful Destruction," and if you've been to the oil sands in northern Alberta yourself, the "beautiful" part will be lost on you. But from thousands of feet above, Helbig's aerial images teeter between document and abstraction, and capture the terrible beauty of man's ability to alter the landscape at will." See also Murray Whyte's blog
further sites:
egamiimage.ca
helbig.ca
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