I took these photos while in the Pyrenees during spring. I went down into the valley to hopefully find some construction work, destroyed landscapes, ext that would link to the Anthropocene project. I found a half abandoned power station that was the main focus for this photo shoot of around 200 photos. I took the same photo with different exposure levels to get a higher dynamic range for more dramatic and detailed photos. I set my camera to aperture priority, with a low ISO level as it was a sunny day and I wanted to get as much detail as possible. my f-stop was mostly high (around 20f) to get more of the image in focus. Below is a panoramic view (using Lightroom) of the power station/industrial estate I went to:

My Strongest photos:

These photos were taken in the power station (half abandoned), down in the valley. The geometric shapes of the power station contrasts the natural shapes formed by the mountains in front. I edited the photos with high saturation to replicate most of Edward Burtynsky photos. I also increase the contrast to give a more dramatic image. A lot of these images, especially the on with the bus, shows nature overpowering human structures, with the weeds and plants growing through the rundown little French power station. This gives some of the images a pleasant look as nature is beginning to take back the land it use to have.

However, the photo on the top left is very different as the powerplant looks fairly new, with its clean, geometric building and wiring. This makes the image less pleasant to look at as the powerplant does not match the environment its in (also because no consideration for the aesthetics has been used). The mountain behind dominates the power plant in the foreground which can give the viewer hope that our planet is still not fully destroyed yet.

Creative editing:

Here I added motion blur to the background, allowing the viewers eyes to focus more on the industrial pipes dominating the foreground. I also bumped up the contrast only on the foreground image to really make it stand out, as an Anthropocene is about humans effect on the earth, and this large industrial pipe is a clear example of humans impacting the earth negatively. I was inspired by Stephanie Jung to edit the background as being blurred.

Here I again took inspiration from Stephanie Jung set these 4 images above into multi-exposure. This creates a very abstract photo, which gives a similar effect to motion blur.