CHRIS JORDAN

Photographer Chris Jordan's compelling work visually depicts the statistics of mass consumption.

Chris Jordan is an internationally acclaimed photographic artist and social activist whose work explores the detritus of consumer culture. His newest series, titled “Running the Numbers,” depicts the staggering statistics that define our mass consumption, in huge intricately detailed panels as large as thirty feet wide. These compelling works invite the viewer to walk up close and see every detail as a metaphor for the role of the individual in our hypermodern society. Chris’s work is exhibited widely in the US and Europe, and has been featured in magazines, newspapers, weblogs, documentary films and television programs all over the globe. This spring, Chris served as an international spokesperson for National Geographic in their global campaign for Earth Day 2008. A sought-after speaker on the subject of mass culture, Chris has appeared on several national television programs recently. He lives in Seattle with his wife the poet Victoria Sloan Jordan, and his son Emerson.