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

Pink clouds above, gray weather below, and the city holding the line between them.

Anthropocene Mountain, June 9, 2020, is a framed photograph by Tom Rossiter, ca. 2020. Mirrored images are an old photographic device, and in this series they turn a familiar city into something closer to a mountain range with its reflection in a lake. The Chicago skyline runs across the middle above a dark band of trees. The upper sky is washed in rose and lavender, while the inverted half below fills with heavy, silvery storm cloud. The frame is wide, black and deeply checked like charred wood. It is 33 inches wide and 33 high.

Two forecasts, one skyline.