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Chris Jordan uses creative digital imaging techniques to explore global consumption. http://www.chrisjordan.com/
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  • video added September 13, 2007

21 comments // The Art of Consumption // Video

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    Very interesting and nicely done.

    I like the frat party analogy.

    bpenland
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    This is great -- I'd seen those photos but had NO idea how he made them. What an interesting look at the process. (P.S. I want Current.com to be open NOW b/c I want to send this link to so many people!)

    sloan
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    i agree that it is very hard to do the right thing for the environment. happiness and materialism and excess have been depicted as being the same thing for so long, that even if you want to do the right thing, society as a whole seems to be going against you and almost preventing any change. but i guess that''s the point... going against what we were taught to be the norm and doing what will benefit us all in the long run.

    viatch
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    This is definitely an eye-opening piece. Kudos to the artist and kudos to the Current folks for doing a piece on it!

    DJMatt2
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    An informative and alarming piece. Many thanks to artists like Chris Jordan who try to put the problem into perspective for us. We look at what our individual impact is and shrug. But we forget what we do is magnified many fold so that our rubbish becomes a mountain, not a mole hill. What we do matters. We do HAVE TO learn to act in a sustainable manner. Good job!

    markmc03
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    This guy is an idiot. If he really wanted to make an impact, he would stop wasting all of that energy and resources on his "art". He''s wasting precious natural resources by telling us how to live.

    TP2000
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    very significant message. i think it like a social drug in our current society. just like weaning people off fossil fuels. they know you are right but deny that it is their problem. unfortunately this country is more addicted to what people think of them rather than what is right for the world as a whole. too much entitlement and an increase in selfishness.

    hemnebob
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    It''s kind of a graphic Harper''s Index, I liked it a lot.

    republicofSF
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    sloan - go ahead and send the time is now

    ofer
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    The photography was very powerful and beautiful.

    crazyman24
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    an interesting depiction of an inspiring man.
    done by an up and coming director with a keen eye and an especially intune moral compass.

    flotsamfive
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    joshuaheller
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    Very interesting and some amazing photos. Though it fuels my love of art it won't hinder my love of buying junk.

    NuRaveGeisha
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    I agree with bpen. That frat analogy seemed spot on. Great way to concretely depict just the vast amount of waste that one nation produces.

    brianjhong
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    Another favorite pod of mine.

    Ice_cream_Man
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    WOW! I love this guy,but he needs to start taking the train

    leeafton
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    I like the way chris plays with scale to create "landscapes"...
    its awesome...

    roma_garzon
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    great work, i have seen this before but not as in depth as this doc.

    lynnedjones
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    Image...

    Gizmodo - This Is What 426,000 Discarded Cellphones Looks Like - Photography

    lvp
    • lvp
    • 6 months ago
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    This is a fantastic piece.

    Mouli
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0gADqUDNw

    moulicohen

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