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This week's artist is very unique. His unmissable work evokes people to question their role in consumerism. At Least I did. Chris Jordan is an artist and photographer based in Seattle, and is now 53 years of age. All his work seems to share a common purpose that confronts the viewer to the consequences of mass consumption through his photographs and "digitally manipulated photographs."

 

Each piece offers a statistic or a "not so fun" fact about our consumerism, and the ignorance that affects our environment and the critters and people living in it. I like that about Chris Jordan because while researching this artists' photography and projects I'm also gaining knowledge on important matters in this world that pertain to me. His work makes me question my role in consumerism which makes me reflect about things I do and shouldn't in order to protect and nurture this planet. Everything we do has a consequence, and I appreciate an artist that reminds us of our choices when no one else does.

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The Midway shots were the first series of pictures I ran into when researching Chris Jordan. I was alarmed at first, was truly not expecting to see that. It spoke volumes, and it was disturbing, yet I couldn't stop looking at the photographs and analyzing every little piece of trash in these baby bird's bellies. I've gone to dirty beaches before in Mexico for example, and all I saw was trash and chip bags being washed up and away by the shore waves. Sad to see how it effects the wildlife... Gotta get everyone on board, and I think Chris is doing a great job of doing that through his alluring art.

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