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Photographer Chris Jordan - Running the Numbers

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Photo of Chris Jordan photographerBill Moyers interviewed photographer Chris Jordan on the PBS show "Bill Moyers' Journal" last night.

A long-time photographer, Jordan once took a photo of some garbage that he was surprised to find many people described as "beautiful". This response lead Jordan down a path that ultimately arrived at his "Running the Numbers" series of photographs that visually represents the statistics surrounding American's consumption and social ills. Jordan builds his photographs like pointillist composites using repetitions of the subject matter.

If you didn't get to see the show, you can view it online here: Chris Jordan Running the Numbers Interview with Bill Moyers. Well worth the 10 minutes, in which Jordan demonstrates he is not only a great photographic artist but also incredibly articulate.

And here's an example of Chris's work taken from his website http://www.chrisjordan.com/. This piece depicts the 106,000 aluminum cans used in the U.S. every THIRTY SECONDS! OMG! In this piece seen in its totality, it resembles a work by the impressionist painter Seurat. Partial and full zooms show how the photograph is composed. My mind boggles to think how long it took Jordan to compose this artwork.


Cans Seurat, 2007 by Chris Jordan
Cans Seurat, 2007 by Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan Cans Seurat at partial zoom

Chris Jordan Cans Seurat at full zoom
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Do Not Disconnect - The Real Digital Divide

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Ah, the ever-evolving landscape of technology and its impact on our lives. Remember when "The Digital Divide" was all the buzz? It highlighted the gap between those with access to the digital world and those without, particularly in terms of internet access. But let's delve deeper into the concept of the digital chasm. Beyond mere access lies a more nuanced divide: the one that separates us from our communities, our connections, and sometimes, even ourselves. Enter the era of personal devices — from the iconic Walkman to the sleek digital devices of today that we carry with us everywhere. Flashback to the late '70s and '80s, when the Sony Walkman and Discman reigned supreme. Revolutionary at the time, they offered a portal to our own private soundscapes, effectively isolating us from the world around. Fast forward to the present, and the scene hasn't changed much. If anything, it's intensified. Living in Southern California, I've felt the isolation imp...
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Samoan Youth

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This young man was preparing with his friends for his moment of fame on the stage at the Samoan Village at the Polynesian dance festival called Pasifika in Auckland in March this year. Samoan Youth Canon EOS 20D 1/30sec at f/20 ISO 200 Canon 70-300mm lens at 300mm
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Anza-Borrego Wildflowers

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Anza Borrego Desert State Park California Wildflowers This cluster of wildflowers is typical of the flowers in Plum Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert this spring. Because of the dry and harsh environment, most of the flowers are tiny like the three in this photo. But what they lack in size, they make up for in color. It's pretty difficult to try and identify all these flowers, but I'm pretty sure the white one is Desert Pincushion. Help out if you can. I've been using the CalFlora.org website to try and identify the flowers in this series.
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