"Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 410,000 paper cups used every fifteen minutes. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. The underlying desire is to emphasize the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming."
This is a picture of 426,000 cell phones, the amount discarded everyday in the U.S.
Here's a blown up version of the same picture.
Find and post another picture that you feel really says a lot. What does it say to you?
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http://www.boingboing.net/200709031107.jpg i found a link to this picture and i cant seem to figure out how to upload it does anyone know how???
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/2686288-ONE_MILLION_DOLLARS_CASH-Las_Vegas.jpg
I can't figure it out either....
I found a link and the picture was a million dollars!!! :)
Words
this picture tells a lot, because there are many words on it
I can't believe how many phones people discard. I think that is a false amount but, if it's close to the real amount than that is amazing.
http://www.goodworksonearth.org/bush-mosaic-deaths-iraq.jpg
This tells me that people blame bush for the deaths in Iraq
http://www.worth1000.com/entries/20500/20692_w.jpg
i thought this picture was really interesting how they displayed it.
http://artwerker.tripod.com/pictureworthmillionwords.jpg
This link leads to a picture of an eye made up of hundreds of different symbols that represent what a human being is or can be.
this is a funny picture click below
http://members.aol.com/ilovemy65stang/signwet.bmp
this sign shows this world is really WOW!
I would not want to be this kids parent
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