{"id":159,"date":"2020-09-24T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accidentalwilderness.robertburley.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2025-07-16T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:35:48","slug":"the-disappearance-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/the-disappearance-of-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disappearance of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"159\" class=\"elementor elementor-159\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd6b0d0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd6b0d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e845e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52e845e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.&#8221;<br \/><\/em><em>Marshall McLuhan 1964<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f4193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13f4193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A traveling exhibition organized by the Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><br \/>Curated by Dr. Ga\u00eblle Morel<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e718b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e718b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This work represents my own march backwards into the future.\u00a0 It tells the story of an industry that was obliterated by the creative destruction of the digital age.\u00a0 This industry not only shaped my work as an artist, but also touched millions of lives with its magical products, helping define what the twentieth century would look like and how it will be remembered. It is a photographic survey created in a post-photographic age: the result describes what photography once was \u2013 as a technology, an enterprise and an art form.\u00a0 It is a record of a dizzying moment in photography\u2019s history in which technological changes redefined the medium forever.\u00a0 It is also an account of my own transition from industrial to information age; one that demanded I play the dual role of participant and observer. \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Disappearance-of-Darkness-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Excerpt from Robert Burley&#8217;s essay, The Disappearance of Darkness 2013<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-397228c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"397228c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0482b3\" data-id=\"c0482b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7d64ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7d64ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-888daae\" data-id=\"888daae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abb204f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abb204f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/theimagecentre.ca\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/imagecentrelogo-r5f0ern9ol9gzt3nq9qdro7nbh2gisd3tszrgtdr1c.webp\" title=\"imagecentrelogo\" alt=\"imagecentrelogo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-80bb2b8\" data-id=\"80bb2b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a83d767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a83d767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/canadacouncil.ca\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"34\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Canada-Council-LOGO.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1744\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5c8c6f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5c8c6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a8b9e6\" data-id=\"7a8b9e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Disappearance of Darkness \u25b2View gallery Go to microsite \u25b8 Stairwell to Drying Rooms, Building 13, Kodak Canada, Toronto, 2005 Art Photo Studio: Closed Due to Retirement, Toronto, 2005 &#8220;We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. 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