what is it:

Anthropocene it was raised by the biologist Eugene Stoermer in the 1980s meaning the effect of human activity, it is a term used today to describe how our planet has become more and more impacted by humans, such as the climate and ecosystem. ‘Anthropo’ means man and ‘cene’ means new, telling us how man-kind is damaging the earth. The theory of Anthropocene claims that the domination of humans is damaging the earth causing it to move into a novel geological epoch. Some examples of it are global warming and climate change, pollution such as plastics in the ocean, animal extinction and more.

In terms of photography, photographers have tried to use their work as a way of communication to the world about how our world is changing. It focuses on the future of the earth and and ways that we can help to prevent it from becoming worse like recycling or picking up plastic from the beaches.

some Anthropocene photographers: