Chris Jordan is a US based photographer who is doing some really interesting portraits of America. His fascination with patterns in consumerism have driven him to take pictures of the effects of our ceaseless consumption upon our environment. Often his work is only revealed upon closer inspection as you look closely at the work and see that what looks like a beautiful and colourful pattern is in fact a mass of plastic bags. His work is often significant in the numbers he uses: the quantity of cell phones thrown away each week, for example. Some of his work is photoshopped and some isn't. His reflection on the devastation of Hurrican Katrina shows his interest in the way mother nature can wreck havoc back on her unworthy inhabitants. Powerful stuff. And some genuinely unique photography and artworks.running the numbers
intolerable beauty
in katrina's wake
2 comments:
The pictures of Katrina are amazing, but the best one was the image of the paper bags we use, done to look like bamboo
Pretty amazing and thought-provoking stuff J! To think, all that stuff we do not even think of and chuck away in a second, he puts so much time and thought into it.
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