US Self-Portrait

Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: 15M sheets of office paper (5 minutes of paper use); 106K aluminum cans (30 seconds of can consumption) and so on.

Wow. Mind-boggling.
Cans Seurat, 2007

2022-03-04: A conceptually similar piece:

These images combine photography and computer generated elements in an effort to visualize the output of various mines in South Africa. The CGI objects represent scale models of the materials removed from the ground. By doing so, the intention is to create a kind of visualization of the merits and shortfalls of this industry that has shaped the history and economy of the country so radically.

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