Chris Jordan (artist)

Ben Franklin, a montage of 125,000 US $100 bills, the amount spent on the Iraq war every hour, 8.5ft (2.6m) wide by 10.5ft (3.2m) tall in three horizontal panels
Detail from Ben Franklin
Detail from Ben Franklin

Chris Jordan (born 1963) is an artist based in Seattle, Washington.[1]

Work

Many of Jordan's works are created from photographs of garbage and mass consumption, a serendipitous technique which started when he visited an industrial yard to look at patterns of color and order. His industrious passion for conservation and awareness has brought much attention to his photography in recent years. Jordan uses everyday commonalities such as a plastic cup and defines the blind unawareness involved in American consumerism. His work, while often unsettling, is a bold message about unconscious behaviors in our everyday lives, leaving it to the viewer to draw conclusions about the inevitable consequences which will arise from our habits.[2]

Jordan's work can be grouped in the following series:

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