Anthropocene is a new, present day epoch, in which scientists say we have significantly altered the Earth through human activity. These changes include global warming, habitat loss, changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere, oceans and soil, and animal extinctions. Through photography, anthropocene focuses on depicting an altered environment through patterns, texture and colours.

Anthropocene photographers and artists focus on presenting the changing climate to bring about awareness using textures such as fishing rope, bottles and other unused plastics to create a piece that evokes emotion in the viewer and spreads a message, whether it be physical or digital.

Some photographers choose to spread a message through public displays such as galleries or exhibitions however some aspects of anthropocene photography include capturing places reclaimed by nature e.g abandoned buildings that have become overgrown to show that mankind erodes nature to make room for a more industrial world.