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running the numbers by chris jordan
sans seurat, 2007 - depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.
the work of photographer chris jordan examines american consumption - his latest series of photographs
'running the numbers' looks at contemporary american culture through the austere lens of statistics.
each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes
of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. jordan's hope is
that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone.
sans seurat, 2007 - partial zoom
sans seurat, 2007 - actual size
cell phones, 2007 - depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.
paper bags, 2007 - depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.
barbie dolls, 2008 - depicts 32,000 barbies, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed
monthly in the US in 2006.
chris jordan's TED talk
barbie recreations of art classics
from bob dylan and marilyn monroe to nefertiti and mona lisa, barbie sits as the model for a photographic and graphic series that juxtaposes modern and antiquated standards of beauty.
mariel clayton: doll photographer with a subv
illustrating the more sinister side of barbie's picturesque life, the collection of photographs depict the doll as an aggressor of a number of gory scenarios, often as on-and-off-again boyfriend ken as the victim.
prix pictet 2011 exhibition
an exhibition for the shortlist of photographers in the 2011 prix pictet photography and sustainability competition will be held at the passage de retz gallery in paris from march 17th to april 16th.
chris jordan: running the numbers
seattle-based photographer chris jordan's manipulated digital images tell the story of human consumption and degradation.
former police station by NRJA
the project transforms a former police station of industrial brick into a modern apartment building through the addition of a c...
sticks by gerard de hoop
the cabinet system takes its form from that of a picket sign-- each box of various widths and heights rests upon only one leg.&...
starry night interactive anima
translating the artist's paint daubs into particles governed by fluid dynamics, petros vrellis has created an interactive anima...
inga sempé: stockholm f
within the airy structure, the french designer has created the feeling of a large, open space apartment, furnished in a way tha...
RENAULT 4 ever behind-the-scenes
'horsey' by eungi kim
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