Chris Jordan’s amazing photographic display provides much food for thought. Like Icaro Doria, Jordan is able to present mind numbing numbers in an accessible way.

In the piece Running the Numbers, viewers can zoom in on representational photos to understand the magnitude of common statistics, including children without health insurance, the US prison population, and the amount of money spent on the Iraq war…

Below is the image representing the the 200,000 Americans who die every six months from smoking related illness:

Skull With Cigarette (zoomed out)

(at full zoom)

found at: portfolio.com

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