WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK



Robert Burley interviewed on CBC Metro Morning with Matt Galloway

"An Enduring Wilderness", May 9th, 2017

Duration: 6:42

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“Burley's lens builds aesthetic and visual continuities between the nature that is there and the city of which it is part. The photos and message in An Enduring Wilderness interweave the cultural and natural, fusing them into Toronto's green urban spaces. . . . Robert Burley's engagement and catalyzing direction enable a series of perspectives on green spaces in Toronto, and orchestrate a potential aesthetic that recaptures the place these spaces once held in Toronto.”

John K. Grande, Border Crossings Magazine

"a genuinely significant and timeless book"

John Stilgoe, Landscape Historian, Harvard University

"Eschewing the pastoral fantasies of Canadian wilderness, Burley’s urban lens captures a refreshing jolt of reality. The vistas unfold with uncomplicated grace, acknowledging the moments where daily life meets the sublime. There are untouched landscapes too, of course, but what makes the book so compelling is Burley’s understanding of the city itself as a part of nature."

Stefan Novakovic, Canadian Architect

"an incredible visual tour that brings to life the strange juxtapositions between urban and rustic that characterize Toronto"

Alex Bozikovic, Globe and Mail

"Burley’s photos are stunning and will surprise some people: this is Toronto?

An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto’s Natural Parklands, brillantly reveals a city you’ll want to know better" Shawn Micallef, Toronto Star

"Burley turns his lens on these wild areas as both a celebration of their beauty and a study of the tender social dynamics that arise when people leave city streets and explore the natural landscape that surrounds them." Derek Flack, BlogTO

"While it would seem at first to be only of local interest to those living in and around Toronto, the photos themselves are gorgeous and the conditions they document are nearly universal for other North American cities: scenes of natural, remnant ecosystems butting up against, but nonetheless resisting, the brute force of urban development." Geoff Manaugh, Bldgblog

"This book is not only a beautiful offering, it provides an important reminder that we live with nature, and it is always finding ways to tell us it is here." Spacing Magazine

“This highly personal, harmonic effort forces you to reconsider what a park is, and in doing so will forever change the way you see the city that you thought you knew.”

Charles A. Birnbaum, The Cultural Landscape Foundation

"a gentle reminder of our need to experience the remoteness and disconnection (or reconnection?) that nature offers us just outside our door"

Jenny Montgomery, Photo Life Magazine

"As might be expected, majestic scenes of natural idyll abound, and there's plenty of "I can't believe that's Toronto" moments to be had. But Burley is also smarter than that. The book is fundamentally urban in a way that perhaps only a Toronto book can be..."

Urban Toronto

“With three-quarters of Canadians now living in cities, I’m glad that our city planners, municipal politicians, and the public are paying attention to the protection and sound management of urban green space, like Toronto’s world-class ravine system"

David Suzuki, scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster