Saturday 6 February 2010

Running The Numbers



Photographer Chris Jordan's project Running The Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Jordan takes on the abstract and anesthetizing nature of statistics, which we often find difficult to connect with and make meaning out of. Here on TED, Jordan explains how he attempted to visually examine these vast and bizarre measures of society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs.

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