Artist photographer who does pieces about population, resources, consumption?

May 31, 2011 2:20 PM

Who is the artist/photographer whose work deals with issues of resources, population, human consumption, etc.? For example, I remember a giant photo/collage that looks like lots of colored boxes from far off, and then up close it is revealed to be made up of freight containers that represent the amount of some type of goods used by the US in a certain period of time, or something like that.
posted by chr1sb0y to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: Chris Jordan, covered on the blue?
posted by Admiral Haddock at 2:25 PM on May 31, 2011

Some of Edward Burtynsky's work is like this as well.
posted by tjenks at 3:16 PM on May 31, 2011

Best answer: Seconding Chris Jordan's Running the Numbers. The shipping container image is here.
posted by hot soup girl at 6:18 PM on May 31, 2011

Response by poster: Thanks all!
posted by chr1sb0y at 2:08 AM on June 1, 2011