Chris Jordan

<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Cans Seurat</i>, 2007. 60"x92". Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds. From 'Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait'.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Pallets #2, Seattle</i>, 2003. 44"x60". From 'Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption'.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Drums, Seattle</i>, 2004. 40"x50". From 'Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption'.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Cellphones #2, Atlanta</i>, 2005. 44"x90". From 'Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption'.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Untitled</i>, from 'Midway: Message from the Gyre', 2009-current (2015).</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Untitled</i>, from 'Midway: Message from the Gyre', 2009-current (2015).</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Untitled</i>, from 'Midway: Message from the Gyre', 2009-current (2015).</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Photos on a refrigerator, New Orleans East</i>, from 'In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster', 2005.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Living room floor, Ninth Ward neighborhood</i>, from 'In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster', 2005.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Paper Bags</i>, 2007. 60"x80". Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour. From 'Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait'.</p>
<p><b>Chris Jordan</b>, <i>Return of the Dinosaurs</i>, 2011. 44x57" and 60x77", based on a painting by John Sibbick. Depicts 240,000 plastic bags, equal to the estimated number of plastic bags consumed around the world every ten seconds.</p>
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Consumerism and its impact; infographic images depicting vast quantities.


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closeup view Jack Troy cup, links to Jack Troy artist page

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