22.05.2007 by Zoltan

An American Self-Portrait

Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait is an aethestic poem on the un-abstraction of statistics (otherwise known as data visualisation). Interestingly, rather than using Flash or some other computer-based methodology, Chris Jordan uses photography.

Above you can see 2x images of the same work, “Prison Uniforms, 2007″. Measuring 10×23 feet in six vertical panels, it depicts 2.3 million folded prison uniforms, equal to the number of Americans incarcerated in 2005. These must be truly amazing at their 1:1 scale…

via newstoday