Anthropocene: Messengers from the Human Age


  • Photographer
    David Ellingsen
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    David Ellingsen Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    2016
  • Technical Info
    36x36 inch chromogenic prints

Based on global evidence that Earth’s natural systems have been irrevocably altered by human activity the term Anthropocene redefines the planet’s current geologic time period as being human-influenced. This redefinition marks our collective realization that, as a species, we have fundamentally changed the very mechanics of the natural world. Within this context these photographs - large, still-life studies of sculptural forms composed of human medical study skulls, animal bones and other natural relics - grapple with science, mythology, evolution, human industry and our place in the natural order. It is my intention, through the transmutation of skeletal forms, to speak to the physical and mystical connections between humans and the natural world. These images represent a warning, but also a rendering of hope, speaking to an integration of nature, humanity, technology and deep cultural wisdom that offers a path through the environmental challenges that lie before us.

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