what is Anthropocene?

Anthropocene is essentially the effects/impacts that humans have on the earths topography. it covers everything that impacts the planet such as landscapes, ecosystems, and limnology. this was driven mainly driven by industrialisation such as deforestation and urbanisation. The term Anthropocene originated from the Greek words “Anthropos” and “kainos” (which mean human and new)

Why and how are people exploring Anthropocene?

photographers have started to gain a big interest in this topic as its all of the things its linked to (damage to the earth) is being spoken about on all social media which is why i believe the topic has gained to much interest over the years this is how

documenting environmental degradation: photographers are capturing images degradation of the environment, such as climate change, overpopulation, and deforestation. the point of these images is to show the evidence of the damage that we have made to the planet.

the human-nature relationship and how its portrayed: photographers are exploring the relationship between nature and humans. these photographers are taking photos to essentially document how we are treating the planet, as well as how we are damaging it

raising awareness and advocacy: through photographers work they are helping raise awareness of all the problems that we are creating. they use tools by to help engage peoples emotions and to get people thinking about how we can change what we are doing to the planet basically getting people to take action and make change.

showing how nature is fighting back: some groups of photographers and single photographers are capturing what nature is doing to fight back. they do this by capturing ecosystems and species that are able to adapt to the damage that we have created to help survive.

Overall photographers are very important when it comes to documenting Anthropocene not just for the present by also for the future so we can look back to see if we have made difference in the future if that’s going to be positive changes or negative changes who’s knows. inconclusion these photos can inspire people and also encourage people to be different.