Through the lens of contemporary photography, Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene examines the impact that human activity has made on global climate, termed the Anthropocene. Comprised of forty-five photo-based artists, working in a variety of artistic methods from studios and sites across the globe to address urgent issues such as 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. 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. A work from Meghann Riepenhoff’s Waters of the Americas series will be included in the exhibition.
From 2025-2026, Second Nature will travel to the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, CA (opening February 2025) and Anchorage Museum, AK (opening October 2025).
Learn more at nasher.duke.edu.
