I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work.

Chris Jordan

Posted: September 23rd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Art, Cool | No Comments »

Is an American photographer who has shot a series of really interesting new images – Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) etc.
He says “This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. Employing themes such as the near versus the far, and the one versus the many, I hope to raise some questions about the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming.

Barbie dolls (2008)
Depicts 32,000 Barbies, equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006.