Series "American self-portrait" by Chris Jordan

"Post from the past": from Seattle Photographer Chris Jordan is well-known for his provocative photographs of tracks made of garbage. His series "American portrait" of 2007-2009 demonstrates to the viewer the enormity of statistical data. Expressed in simple numbers, it is not quite clear to the ordinary person. Chris Jordan expressed it more clearly. Look!

(53 photos)

1. 460 thousand cell phones went to the USA to "retire" every day.

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4. 2 million plastic bottles of beverages consumed by Americans every five minutes.

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7. 106 thousand aluminum cans of beverages Americans consume every 30 seconds.

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10. 60 thousand plastic bags used in the US every 5 seconds.

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13. 1.14 million paper bags used in American supermarkets every hour.

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16. 101 million toothpicks – so much of the wood goes to the United States in the year on the production of paper and wood products.

17. Million plastic cups used on flights in the US every 6 hours.

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20. 11 thousand bands from jet aircraft – many commercial flights performed in the U.S. every 8 hours.

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23. 38 thousand containers handled in U.S. ports every 12 hours.

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25. 3.6 million caps from the tires – so many SUVs was released in the US in 2004.

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28. 28 thousand 160-liter barrels of oil – as much oil consumed in the U.S. every 2 minutes in 2008.

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31. 213 thousand tablets of the narcotic painkiller Vicodin (known for the TV series "Dr. house") – is equal to the number of annual ambulance trips in the US on the challenges associated with the use and abuse of pain relievers.

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34. 200 thousands packs of cigarettes – as many Americans die from Smoking every six months.

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38. 29,596 pistols equal to the number of deaths in the U.S. in 2004, associated with firearms.

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41. 2.3 million prison uniforms, as many prisoners were held in American prisons in 2005.

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45. 125 thousand hundred-dollar bills ($12.5 million) – hourly costs to the US war in Iraq in 2007.

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48. 10 thousand collars – average number of dogs and cats euthanized in the US every day.

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51. 32 thousand of Barbie dolls, so many operations for breast augmentation is made in the USA monthly.

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Keywords: Self-portrait | Rubbish | Stats | USA | Facts | Figure

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