A familiar image, no? Let’s take a closer look:
Those cans comprise a total of 106,000, the number of cans used in the U.S. every thirty seconds.
Photographer artist Chris Jordan takes an artistic look at “the accumulated detritus of our consumption”. I remember visiting his site last year for his exhibit Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption, but since then he’s added a new exhibit Running the Numbers: An American Self Portrait which is just as fascinating and uncomfortable to look at. Jordan’s critical lens captures a rather frightening look at how we live our lives in such a seemingly disposable world, and I can only imagine how they must impact the viewer who sees them in person as large-format prints.
chris jordan's latest press release is really making the rounds. for the new yorkers out there: "Chris's work is now represented by the Von Lintel Gallery in New York (www.vonlintel.com). Von Lintel will exhibit the "Running the Numbers" series this year from June 14 through the end of July." see you there. --ES