What is it?

Anthropocene is how the world has been altered through human activity.

The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change. Wikipedia

The word combines the root “anthropo”, meaning “human” with the root “-cene”, the standard suffix for “epoch” in geologic time.

Anthropocene could be used to map out social landscape and collect evidence of spatial and social engagements. Photography is important in Anthropocene Photographs and photography act as vital ciphers and prisms for a wide range of anthropological concerns, and serve as increasingly complex forms of evidence, premised not on content alone.

How is jersey affected by Anthropocene?

The economy of Jersey is a highly developed social market economy. It is largely driven by international financial services and legal services, which accounted for 39.5% of total GVA in 2019, a 4% increase on 2018.Jersey is considered to be an offshore financial centre. Jersey has the preconditions to be a microstate, but it is a self-governing Crown dependency of the UK. It is considered to be a corporate tax haven by many organisations.

Due to Jersey’s growing financial centre we now have a rise in corporate office buildings being built, which is industrializing the town centre. This could be seen as beneficial as it is opening Jersey up to better resources. However, the huge modern buildings are taking the beauty away from the original architecture found all around the island and modernizing it.

Where?

I would like to take my photoshoot in town in busy industrialized areas.

What?

I am going to focus on creating light trails from car lights with big buildings in the background.

When?

I am going to take this photoshoot during rush hour in the evening.