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By Margherita Cole on March 8, 2021
“Global Warming”
New York-based artist Anya Anti uses her conceptual photography practice to explore new ideas and illuminate different issues. Her newest project,
2.5 Seconds, raises awareness about climate change through allegorical figures, surreal symbolism, and eye-catching backdrops.
You might be wondering what 2.5 seconds has to do with climate change. “I used ‘2.5 Seconds as a title because I wanted to invoke the power of numbers to create a strong, straightforward, and shocking effect,” Anti tells My Modern Met. “Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Mankind is about 140,000 years old. If we compress the Earth s existence into a normal full day of 24 hours, then we’ve been on this planet for… 2.5 seconds. In 2.5 seconds, we’ve become the dominant species with a rapidly growing population, causing a catastrophic impact on the env