Photographer Chris Jordan presents a shocking perspective of consumerism in “Running the Numbers, An American Self-Portrait.” You need to scroll down a bit for the gallery.
Here are some examples:
Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.
Zoomed section of photo that depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.
Zoomed section of photo that depicts 166,000 packing peanuts, equal to the number of overnight packages shipped by air in the U.S. every hour.
Also check out Running the Numbers II.
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