Guide Note: Chris Jordan is a Seattle-based photographic artist, whose work is known for its social commentary on consumerism and mass consumption. Jordan quit his job as an attorney to pursue photography full-time, and as of this typing, has had three major exhibits: "In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss From an Unnatural Disaster," "Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption" and "Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait." Jordan was a featured speaker at TED 2008.
The Mahalo Top 7
- Official Site: ChrisJordan.com
- The New York Times: A Great Big Beautiful Pile of Junk (July 24, 2005)
- Washington Speakers Bureau: Chris Jordan
- ScribeMedia.Org: Chris Jordan: Electronics Industry needs to ‘Be Like Mike’, 2008 (Time: 23:12)
- Grist: Laid to Waste (March 2, 2006)
- Mental Contagion: Chris Jordan Interview (February 2006)
- YouTube Video: Intolerable Beauty - Portraits of American Mass Consumption (Time: 7:29)
Chris Jordan News and Information
- National Geographic: Chris Jordan: Picturing American Waste (October/November 2007)
- The Morning News: Running the Numbers (July 23, 2007)
- Pending: How does one change one’s life? (PDF file) (May 2006)
- The Digital Journalist: A Q&A With Photographer Chris Jordan (November 2005)
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Ex-lawyer's lens snatches poetry from a fleeting world of waste (September 23, 2005)
- The Stranger: Trashed (2005)
Chris Jordan Photos
- Official Site: In Katrina's Wake, 2005
- Official Site: Intolerable Beauty, 2003-2005
- Official Site: Running the Numbers, 2006-2008
- Google Image Search: Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan Videos
- Pop!Tech: Chris Jordan speech, 2008 (Time: 26:35)
- Comedy Central: Chris Jordan on The Colbert Report, 2007 (Time: 6:06)
- Rachael Ray: Chris Jordan--How Cool Is He?, 2008 (Time: 2:43)
- PBS: Chris Jordan on Bill Moyers Journal, 2007