Anthropocene Mountain - Framed by Tom Rossiter: January 9, 2020

The sky is on fire above the skyline and perfectly calm below it.

Anthropocene Mountain, January 9, 2020, is a framed photograph by Tom Rossiter, ca. 2020. The Anthropocene is the name many scientists use for the present age, in which human activity has become a force shaping the planet itself. Here the Chicago skyline is set at the exact center of the square, mirrored top to bottom so the towers point both up and down. Above, a sunrise sky burns orange and red. Below, the reflected half turns cool blue with drifting cloud. A thick, deeply crackled black frame surrounds it. It is 33 inches wide and 33 high.

A winter morning, folded neatly in half.