chris jordan's exhibition "in katrina's wake: portraits of loss from an unnatural disaster" is showing at the paul kopeikin gallery through tomorrow, october 14th. chris is a photographer whose previous show, intolerable beauty, was an eye-opening exhibit of american mass consumption. chris hits home again through his hauntingly sad yet beautiful images in katrinas wake:
"There is evidence to suggest that Katrina was not an entirely natural event like an earthquake or tsunami. The 2005 hurricane season's extraordinary severity can be linked to global warming, which America contributes to in disproportionate measure through our extravagant consumer and industrial practices. Never before have the cumulative effects of our consumerism become so powerfully focused into a visible form, like the sun's rays narrowed through a magnifying glass. Almost 300,000 Americans lost everything they owned in the Katrina disaster. The question in my mind is whether we are all responsible in some degree."
100% of chris' proceeds from print sales of his images will be donated to gulf coast hurricane relief charities.
