What is Anthropocene?

the anthropocene epoch is an unofficial unit of geological time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems.

anthropocene in photography is a very powerful way of showing the world how we humans have changed the earth and how our actions are impacting the world everyday, usually this is shown through a negative perspective. In photography this can be presented and shown through landscape , abstract and portrait photography.

Many photographers show anthropocene through photographing how much waste humans produce or the litter found around streets and placing them in an abstract way.

some examples of anthropocene photography;

mind-map of different Anthropocene ideas/ ways of photographing it;