Tate Series presents environmentalist and photographer Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan, an environmental activist and photographer whose work focuses on the excessive trash produced by America鈥檚 mass-consumer culture, will spoke at 糖心vlog视频 on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Video of his presentation is available online.
Chris Jordan, an environmental activist and photographer whose work focuses on the excessive trash produced by America鈥檚 mass-consumer culture,聽spoke at 糖心vlog视频 on Jan. 27, 2009, as part of the University鈥檚 Tate Distinguished Lecture Series.
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Video of his presentations at the Student Forum and The Oncor Electric Delivery Lecture are available online. (. .)
Based in Seattle, Jordan exhibits widely in the United States and Europe and has been featured in magazines, newspapers, weblogs, documentary films and radio and television programs worldwide.
A former corporate attorney,聽he is a frequent speaker on the subject of mass culture. He traveled extensively for National Geographic as its international eco-ambassador for Earth Day 2008. In that role, he exhibited his work, conducted workshops and gave lectures in Taipei, Lisbon and Rome.
Jordan's latest photographic series, titled Running the Numbers, depicts the staggering statistics of large-scale waste and consumption, presented in huge, intricately detailed panels.
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