Friday, March 8, 2013

Chris Jordan


Depicts 48,000 plastic spoons, equal to the number of gallons of oil consumed around the world every second.


Depicts 200,000 packs of cigarettes, equal to the number of Americans who die from cigarette smoking every six months. Based on a painting by Van Gogh.


Depicts 125,000 one-hundred dollar bills ($12.5 million), the amount our government spends every hour on the war in Iraq.


Depicts 1.2 million children’s building blocks, equal to the number of students who drop out of high school every year in the U.S. This averages about 7000 students per school day.


Depicts 29,000 credit cards, equal to the average number of personal bankruptcy filings every week in the US in 2010.

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