Chris Jordan, world renowned artist and photographer, is supporting DSCLN by offering a special edition of one of the photos from his Intolerable Beauty - Portraits of American Mass Consumption series. All proceeds from the sale of this limited edition print will go to DSCLN. The photograph, e Bank, Tacoma 2004 is 20″ by 24″.

Chris’ work is a remarkable commentary on our contemporary consumer lifestyle and on its often unseen disastrous effects on our environment. As Chris notes:

The immense scale of our consumption can appear desolate, macabre, oddly comical and ironic, and even darkly beautiful; for me its consistent feature is a staggering complexity.

The pervasiveness of our consumerism holds a seductive kind of mob mentality. Collectively we are committing a vast and unsustainable act of taking, but we each are anonymous and no one is in charge or accountable for the consequences. I fear that in this process we are doing irreparable harm to our planet and to our individual spirits.

Chris will produce the prints himself in his Seattle studio. They will be delivered unframed. To find out more or to purchase your own limited edition “e Bank” print, send an email to donate AT dearbornstreetcoalition DOT org

Thank you for supporting DSCLN and smart urban development in Seattle!

Find out more about Chris and his work here.

Chris has recently appeared on the Bill Moyer’s Journal on PBS and on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central.

Nate Lippens discusses Chris’ work in The Stranger, and you may remember this cover he did for them.