Chris Jordan Running the Numbers An American Self-Portrait /anglais - Couverture rigide

Jordan, Chris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3791342835 ISBN 13 : 9783791342832

Editeur : Prestel, 2009

Synopsis

Statistics can be daunting and dry: 1,000,000 trees cut down every year; 9,000,000 American children without health insurance; 2,000,000 plastic bottles used every five minutes; 2,300,000 adults incarcerated in U.S. prisons. Renownedphotographer Chris Jordan brings these staggering numbers to life in manipulated digital photographs that are at oncealluring and shocking. A landscape of toothpicks, each representing a felled tree, stretches into the horizon; a loopingmaze of plastic cups reveal how many are used each day on airplane flights; fashioned from soda cans, a replica of a Seurat masterpiece becomes a lesson in waste; and thousands of Barbie dolls-representing the number of breast augmentations performed each year-combine to depict a woman's torso. Filled with astonishing photographs ofsurprising beauty, this book, manufactured from recycled materials, helps us grasp visually the potential consequencesof our culture of waste.

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À propos de l?auteur

CHRIS JORDAN'S work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe, and was recently shortlisted for the first annual Prix Pictet in Paris. His recent exhibitions include In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster.A" Jordan lives in Seattle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prestel
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3791342835
• ISBN 13: 9783791342832
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible