Thursday, April 2, 2009

sum of its parts


Where does your mind go when someone starts spewing statistics? If it's anything like mine, it goes numb. Although, not so when viewing photographic artist, Chris Jordan's vast, emblematic images.
In his 2005 series, Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption, the impact of our collective consumption (seas of discarded cell phones, crushed automobiles) is breathtakingly documented, and shockingly comprehensible.
Jordan's newest collection of mind expanding images- Running the Numbers - seeks to make real, and humanize, the seemingly faceless sums and totals that we'd otherwise never see.
Prepare to have your perception altered.

3 comments:

  1. Wow. Unbelievable. I am shocked and awed.

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  2. This guy is a genius. His work should be a must see for all who are living and consuming on this planet.

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  3. In a word- sobering.

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