Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan : A Bold Light Artist Hits Iconic Icelandic Church

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 04.04.2012

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Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

It's not that light artist Chris Jordan didn't find the sweeping supersonic jet-shaped façade of the church inspiring. He just wanted to make it visi...

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My Night In Monterey: Hope For 2012

Brandon Boyd | Posted 05.07.2012

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Brandon Boyd

2012-01-12-videopull.jpgI began this project out of a sense of alarm at the state of our oceans, but I am rounding out this little journey with a deep sense of calm and pride in my fellow Earthlings.

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Lights, Cameras And Wonder At NYC's Nuit Blanche

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Slidefreestyle, Slidepollajax, Andrea Cuius, Ugly Art Room, Brooklyn Street Art, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Chris Jordan, Ethan Vogt, Chika Lijima, Valeska Soares, Steven P. Harrington, Bring to Light, Brycia Suite, Jeff Desom, Shai Fuller, Daniel Canogar, Nuit Blanche New York 2011, Jacob Segal, Reid Bingham, Organelle Design, Diller Scofidio, Jocelyn Oppenheim, Sean McIntyre, Jaime Rojo, Roland Ellis, Marcos Zotes-Lopez, Elisabeth Smolarz, Richard Serra, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Amanda Long, Chakaia Booker, Nathan Kensinger, Alex Villar, Poemobile, Elliot-Goodman, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Still way off the beaten path, and captivatingly so, New York's 2nd annual Nuit Blanche overcame difficult weather and logistical hurdles to blind a f...

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Art, Film and Wilderness

Kevin George | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Art, Emotion, Lions, Chris Jordan, Wilderness, Ian Somerhalder, Beverly & Dereck Joubert, Allan Savory, Film, Green News
Kevin George

Our wilderness is vanishing. In 1956 there were 450,000 lions; today only 20,000 remain. Why are most people unaware of this? What will raise collective awareness of our vanishing wilderness?

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How to Avoid Eco-Despair

Lisa Bennett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Midway Island, Chris Jordan, Plastic, Pacific Ocean, Albatross, Photojournalist, Life Cycle, Photojournalism, Death, Green News
Lisa Bennett

What happens when we sense that we are surrounded by death -- when we recognize that we are living in an age characterized by unprecedented levels of death and destruction in our natural world?

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ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Shortlist For Prix Pictet Prize In Photography And Sustainability Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Photography, Art, Photography Prize, Prix Pictet, Michael Wolf, Mitch Epstein, Slidepollajax, Thomas Struth, Chris Jordan, Sustainability, Kofi Annan, Growth, Arts News

The shortlisted photographers for the third annual Prix Pictet prize in photography and sustainability have been announced. The artists include Christ...

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Breaking The Plastic Addiction: TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mission Blue, Plastic Pollution, Van Jones, Algalita, Annenberg Leslie Tamminen, Ed Begley Jr., Plastiki, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Chris Jordan, Diana Cohen, Tedx, Erica Williams, Jack Johnson, David De Rothschild, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Jackson Browne, Captain Charlie Moore, Wallace J Nichols, Deborah Bassett, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Fabien Cousteau, Ted, Green News
Deborah Bassett

Surely you are already aware of the dreadful reality of plastic debris poisoning our oceans, toxifying our precious environment and causing serious harm to our delicate minds and bodies.

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NY's Nuit Blanche: "Bring To Light"

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DoTank:Brooklyn, Brooklyn Street Art, Tom Peyton, Ken Farmer, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Chris Jordan, Ethan Vogt, Aurash Khawarzad, Annie De Mayo, Street Art, Steven P. Harrington, Performance, Jacob Abramson, Projection Art, Urban Art, Digital Graffiti, Ted Ullrich, Nuit Blanche, Andrew Bujalski, Ryan Uzilevsky, Stephen Zacks, Corinne Odermant, Pepin Gelardi, Furnace Media, Jaime Rojo, Michael Doherty, Anna Muessig, Public Art, Jacquie Jordan, Bring to Light, D.I.Y. Culture, Dotank, Seej, Arts News
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

"Bring to Light" made unrestricted access to art possible for one glorious night in Greenpoint, Brooklyn as perhaps 10,000 art lovers got out of their homes to enjoy one evening of enlightenment.

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SOUTHWEST ART: Top Current Exhibitions in the Southwest (July/August, 2010)

ArtScene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eight Modern, Chris Jordan, Art Santa Fe, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Jason Salavon, HCG Gallery, SITE Santa Fe, SOFA West, Annabelle Sanders, Bert Long, Patricia Mora, Kathryn M Davis, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Troy Schulze, Alex Ross, Austin Museum of Art, The-Santa-Fe-Show, Self and Family, The Dissolve, Hand+Made, Arts News
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Dead Plastic Filled Birds (Video): Artist Chris Jordan's New Mission to Midway Island

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stiv J. Wilson

Last year, artist Chris Jordan journeyed to Midway Atoll, one of the most remote wildlife refuges on earth to document plastic pollution and it's affects on wildlife. What he found was disturbing.

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Artists Saving our Planet from Plastic

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plastics, Peter Schulberg, Art, Trash, Plastic, Chris Jordan, Save My Oceans, Artists, Kathleen Egan, Oceans, Judith Selby, Earth Day, Dianna Cohen, Richard Lang, Julie B, Green News
Sarah Newman

The Save My Oceans blog series celebrates artists who are refashioning plastic trash into art. Be inspired by these creative people to turn our seemingly useless waste into something useful.

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Shocking: The Most Disturbing Plastic Pollution Video You've Ever Seen (VIDEO)

Stiv J. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chris Jordan, Plastic Ingestion, Plastic Pollution, Green News
Stiv J. Wilson

Thanks the work of artists like Chris Jordan and many, many others, images are starting to circulate that are making consumers think twice about their plastic consumption.

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Planet Earth - Your Lymph Nodes Have Cancer

Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ocean Policy Task Force, Damage From Plastic, Chris Jordan Photography, Midway ?€“ Photos From the Gyre, Albatross, Plastic Vortex, Environment, Midway National Wildlife Refuge, Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, Midway Atoll, Chris Jordan, Dead Birds, Pacific Ocean Gyre, Green News
Mary Liz Thomson

We humans have been in a comfortable denial, enjoying the convenience of throwaway items with no thought to the consequences. Now we face a planet despoiled by toxic plastic.

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World Of Waste: America's Mass Consumption In Images

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Environmental, Chris Jordan Photography, Enviro Mental, Chris Jordan, The Giving Life, Environmental Photography, Healthy Living News
Olivia Zaleski

Look at this image. Chris Jordan Pan out . . . Chris Jordan Pan out a little more . . . Chris Jordan, Plastic Bottles, 2007, 60x120" That ...

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