Chris Jordan Research paper: Thesis Statement

May 6, 2008 at 4:43 am (1)

Artist Chris Jordan brings attention to America’s excess consumer waste in large format digital photographs. His work highlights social issues in the United States today by imaging the situation; Albeit, he doesn’t make it distasteful, rather he stages the ugly scenes beautifully. Is it right to make extremely problematic American consumerism appear beautiful when the truth of the matter is so vulgar and intense?

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