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    From the page: "This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere 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)... more

    Reviewed by nigelicious Mar 05 2007, 01:00am ( 160 reviews ) • chrisjordan.com

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  • Rated by scarlettletter on Mar 28 2009, 4:00pm

    Overwhelming magnitude! Nothing but awwww! Great stumble.

  • Rated by snailspace1 on Mar 22 2009, 5:34pm

    From the page: "Running the Numbers An American Self-Portrait Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere 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) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 32,000 breast augmentation surgeries in the U.S. every month. " This is pretty amazing--and very worrisome.

  • Rated by 2000lbs on Dec 15 2008, 8:30pm

    I liked it better when I couldn't get my mind around the size of the numbers- disconcerting

  • Rated by tengpaosho on Oct 20 2008, 9:35pm

    artistic way of recycling!

  • Rated by charistsevis on Sep 15 2008, 4:45pm

    The amazing photos of Chris Jordan

  • Rated by morsi on Aug 27 2008, 8:46am

    You need to take a look at this and reflect upon how you consume in your daily life..

  • Rated by casperodj on Jun 23 2008, 10:05pm

    fantastic website combining stats and mosaic photography