Photographer and digital photographic artist Chris Jordan specializes in creating images that highlight the breathtaking magnitude of consumerism. Says Chris, "Our consumption looks like something from a distance, and then, when you get up close, it looks like something very different. From a distance it looks like all these nice, shiny things that we get to own. And these great lifestyles that we get to live. When you zoom in close, and you learn about the toxic metals, and the world-wide pollution, and the details look different than it looked when you stood back at a distance... All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives. It's like there's this tremendous power in our culture that has a dark side to it that has surfaced lately. And that's kind of what I'm working with."
What does this mean? Visit Chris Jordan's website to see for yourself, or watch this PBS video where Chris explains his work and showcases his most well-known (and haunting) images.
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