Chris Jordon

Posted on | February 18, 2009 | 4 Comments

After you realize what these photos actually are you may want to puke or feel really bad about yourself. The images are created by Chris Jordon. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something as it compares to time. The above image depicts 60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the US every five seconds. There are two parts of these images that are crazy.

1) There really are 60,000 plastic bags in that photo.

2) I sometimes forget my canvas grocery bag and get plastic because I’m too lazy to just hold the 5 items. I feel disgusting.

You don’t even want to know what the photos are below. If you really want to make yourself sad check out Chris’s site now.

Category: artist

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4 Responses to “Chris Jordon”

elisabeth
February 18th, 2009 @ 10:08 am
This is incredible. What a statement! And it's the timeframe for each — the speed of consumption — that's so frightening, to me at least.
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marlenedesigner
February 18th, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
That is amazing! What are we doing??!!
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Meg Blocker
February 18th, 2009 @ 2:18 pm
Wow, that's upsetting, but really powerful. Usually I feel like I'm doing my part (reusable shopping bags, turning off electronics, living in NYC and not owning a car), but I know I can do more.
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stephanie
February 20th, 2009 @ 2:20 am
I really love his work. My favorite is the Intolerable Beauty series.
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