Anthropocene Mountain - Framed by Tom Rossiter: November 7, 2020

The sun rises right between two towers, with not a cloud to get in the way.

Anthropocene Mountain, November 7, 2020, is a framed photograph by Tom Rossiter, ca. 2020. Clear autumn mornings give some of the cleanest light of the year, and a city skyline at that hour can read almost as pure silhouette. Here the Chicago towers are dark against a band of orange that fades to clean blue, with the sun just cresting the horizon. The reflected half below repeats the skyline in warm light before dissolving into smooth, pale blue. A thick, alligatored black frame surrounds it. It is 33 inches wide and 33 high.

Very little drama, and somehow that is the drama.