Running the Numbers is a really amazing project put forth by an artist named Chris Jordan. Each image used in this exhibit represents a statistic and visualizes it by using that object to display a picture. For instance, the photo above is meant to depict 410,000 paper cups, equal to the same number of disposable hot-beverage paper cups used in the US every fifteen minutes.
If you're confused (I know I was), peep the work below and you'll understand.
To see the rest of this project check out Chrisjordan.com or hit the jump.
UPDATE: See video of Chris talking about his Running the Numbers on Ted Talks in 2008.
Via Josh Spear
Dog Collars
Depicts ten thousand dog and cat collars, equal to the average number of unwanted dogs and cats euthanized in the United States every day.
Plastic Bottles
Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.
Constitution
Depicts 83,000 Abu Ghraib prisoner photographs, equal to the number of people who have been arrested and held at US-run detention facilities with no trial or other due process of law, during the Bush Administration's war on terror.
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