The Last Day unfolds through thousands of photographs of toys and objects Rachel Rose shot in her children’s bedroom. Structured into seven epochs, these images trace Earth’s history—from its prehistoric beginnings to the industrial present and into the near future. Each epoch is lit in sequence from sunrise to dusk, compressing billions of years into the span of a single day.

By translating the vast arc of planetary change into the intimate scale of a child’s room, The Last Day reveals how the history of Earth mirrors the evolution of human imagination.

Image: Rachel Rose, The Last Day, film still. © Rachel Rose, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone