Aerial Photography by David Thomas Smith

"Anthropocene" reflects on the complexity of urban landscapes. These images were composed from Google Maps aerial views and reconstructed on photoshop to produce these meticulous detailed images.  Anthropocence is an informal geologic term that serves to mark the evidence of human activities on the Earth's ecosystem. Anthropocene itself reflects upon the complex structures that define places of global capitalism, transforming the aerial landscapes of sites associated with industries such as oil, precious metals and consumer culture. Thousands of seemingly coded pieces of information are sewn together to reveal a grander spectacle.