Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Sometimes we need to see it to believe it.

The picture above is from the photographer Chris Jordan. I stumbled across it on a website last week, and it sure made me think. Here is a closer look.


And a closer still...

Yes. It is made up of pop cans, and depicts 106,000 aluminum cans - the number used in the US every thirty seconds. Every thirty seconds!

In a skype conversation with my sister Kendrah on the weekend, she told me about seeing some art in Brussels and described what the artist did. It was the same guy. How connected our lives can sometimes be across the world. Take a look at more of his work here.

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