Air of the Anthropocene
 Robin Price

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Issue 93 Spring 2018
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The artist Robin Price has been working with the environmental atmospheric scientist Francis Pope on creating images that show air pollution that would otherwise be invisible.

What do the picture captions mean? Each picture is captioned with a reading of the amount of PM2.5 particles at the time the image was made measured in micrograms per cubic metre. PM2.5 stands for particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns in width which is the size that are hazardous to human health.

Indian Institute of Technology Campus, Delhi - PM2.5 500-600 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

Playground at the Institute of Himalayan Biotechnology, Palampur, India - PM2.5 30-40 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

Mehrauli district, Dehli, India - PM2.5 500-600 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

Prince Street air quality monitoring site, Port Talbot, Wales - PM2.5 30-40 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

Central Kampala, Uganda - PM2.5 40-50 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

Teotihuacan, Mexico - PM2.5 0-10 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

Chapultepec Park, Mexico City - PM2.5 10-20 micrograms per cubic metre    Air of the Anthropocene by Robin Price

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