Chris Jordan

You can see Jacob's continuing this use of the photo to show statistics in this photo. This is a photo of 426,000 cell phones. That is the number of cellphones retired in the U.S every day. If we think about the number 426,000 it seems large but not as big as it seems when you see it in a picture. In Jacobs picture, these cellphones appear almost microscopic. This shows how small the individual has to be in order to fit into rationally sized space. It also allows you to try and predict the amount of space all these unused cellphones would take up if they were normal sized. We all have seen or heard the statistics that Jacob's represents in his photography. But after seeing his visual representation of them, you can easily find the importance of these statistics.

Chris Jordan #1

As Chris Jordan says in the video, us humans simply do not have
the metal capability to grasp numbers and statistics in the quantity they exist in today's society. Chris Jordan's photography allows these statistics to appear in a way that we can easily understand and truly see how large these numbers are. In the top image on the right, it looks like six orange panels. Up close you see folded jail uniforms, 2.3 million of them. This pictures represents the number of people incarcerated in the United States in 2005. From far away this looks like some kind of modern art, up close you can finally see how large the number 2.3 million looks. This picture also allows you to try to and imagine 2.3 million inmates filling these uniforms. Jordan continues to give you this expression of astonishment with how large these statistics truly are through out his photography.