Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene
Just over 20 years ago, scientists introduced the term Anthropocene to denote a new geological epoch marked by human activity. Comprised of 44 photo-based artists working in a variety of artistic methods from studios and sites across the globe, Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene explores the complexities of this proposed new age: vanishing ice, rising waters, and increasing resource extraction, as well as the deeply rooted and painful legacies of colonialism, forced climate migration, and socio-environmental trauma.
Since its emergence, the term 鈥淎nthropocene鈥� has entered the common lexicon and has been adopted by disciplines outside of the sciences including philosophy, economics, sociology, geography, and anthropology, effectively linking the Anthropocene to nearly every aspect of post-industrial life. Organized around four thematic sections, 鈥淩econfiguring Nature,鈥� 鈥淭oxic Sublime,鈥� 鈥淚nhumane Geographies,鈥� and 鈥淓nvisioning Tomorrow,鈥� the exhibition proposes that the Anthropocene is not one singular narrative, but rather a diverse and complex web of relationships between and among humanity, industry, and ecology鈥攖he depths and effects of which are continually being discovered.
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Just over 20 years ago, scientists introduced the term Anthropocene to denote a new geological epoch marked by human activity. Comprised of 44 photo-based artists working in a variety of artistic methods from studios and sites across the globe, Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene explores the complexities of this proposed new age: vanishing ice, rising waters, and increasing resource extraction, as well as the deeply rooted and painful legacies of colonialism, forced climate migration, and socio-environmental trauma.
Since its emergence, the term 鈥淎nthropocene鈥� has entered the common lexicon and has been adopted by disciplines outside of the sciences including philosophy, economics, sociology, geography, and anthropology, effectively linking the Anthropocene to nearly every aspect of post-industrial life. Organized around four thematic sections, 鈥淩econfiguring Nature,鈥� 鈥淭oxic Sublime,鈥� 鈥淚nhumane Geographies,鈥� and 鈥淓nvisioning Tomorrow,鈥� the exhibition proposes that the Anthropocene is not one singular narrative, but rather a diverse and complex web of relationships between and among humanity, industry, and ecology鈥攖he depths and effects of which are continually being discovered.
Artists on show
- Acacia Johnson
- Adrián Balseca
- Aïda Muluneh
- Anastasia Samoylova
- Andrew Esiebo
- Anna Líndal
- Camille Seaman
- Cara Romero
- Danila Tkachenko
- David Benjamin Sherry
- Dhruv Malhotra
- Edward Burtynsky
- Elena Damiani
- Gauri Gill
- Gideon Mendel
- Gohar Dashti
- Hayley Millar-Baker
- Inka & Niclas
- James Casebere
- Joao Castilho
- Joiri Minaya
- Léonard Pongo
- Letha Wilson
- María Magdalena Campos-Pons
- Matthew Brandt
- Meghann Riepenhoff
- Mouna Karray
- Noémie Goudal
- Pablo López Luz
- Rajesh Vangad
- Robert Kautuk
- Rosemary Laing
- Sammy Baloji
- Sanne De Wilde
- Sim Chi Yin
- Sze Tsung Leong
- Thomas Struth
- Toshio Shibata
- Yang Yongliang
- Zhang KeChun
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Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene brings together 44 photographic artists from across six continents, offering breathtaking and provocative looks at what humanity has wrought on this earth.
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