Chris jordan

Chris Jordan (born 1963) is a photographic artist who in his works presents forms of American consumerism and combines them with shocking information and examples of excessive consumption. A former…

The internationally acclaimed artist and cultural activist Chris Jordan, a featured speaker at the Center for Ecoliteracy's Ju...

seattle-based photographer chris jordan's manipulated digital images tell the story of human consumption and degradation.

Rossana Orlandi: it’s not plastic’s fault - Barbie Dolls, Chris Jordan

Whether you read them in the paper or overhear a friend rattling off some numbers at a dinner party, most statistics are often too abstract and/or overwhelming to have a real impact. Especially the ones we should pay attention to, such as our excessively wasteful consumption, the number of deaths from prescription medication overdoses, the pervasive use of GMO seeds in the world or the disturbingly high number of elective breast implants performed in our country annually, just to name a few…

‘Public largely unaware of the e-waste impacts on human health and environment’ By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Nov 1, 2011 (IPS) Mountains of hazardous waste grow by about 40 millio…

The ability to see patterns, make sense of data, and also create beautiful works of art is a skill. Data visualizations have officially become common in every facet of our lives, even the art world…

Visit Chris Jordan's homepage to explore this and other projects in greater depth at: http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#building-blocks

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