http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery 121 photos in 7 albums en-US Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:54:55 -0400 Gallery 1.5-RC2, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Running-the-numbers/toothpicks1.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery 144 91 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/Running-the-numbers cfd8d90f119def8bfdbf5c7e778e197e Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:27:38 -0400 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Running-the-numbers http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Running-the-numbers/toothpicks1.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Running-the-numbers/toothpicks1.sized.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Running-the-numbers/toothpicks1.thumb.jpg Running the Numbers An American Self-Portrait This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 426,000 cell phones retired every day. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. My underlying desire is to affirm and sanctify the crucial role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming. My only caveat about this series is that the prints must be seen in person to be experienced the way they are intended. As with any large artwork, their scale carries a vital part of their substance which is lost in these little web images. Hopefully the JPEGs displayed here might be enough to arouse your curiosity to attend an exhibition, or to arrange one if you are in a position to do so. The series is a work in progress, and new images will be posted as they are completed, so please stay tuned. ~chris jordan, Seattle, 2007 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/Estacada-geothermal-project afefbec0747eb5a811e7c8bde5d55e7c Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:01:19 -0400 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Estacada-geothermal-project http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Estacada-geothermal-project/Heintz016.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Estacada-geothermal-project/Heintz016.sized.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Estacada-geothermal-project/Heintz016.thumb.jpg This project is an 11,000 sf custom built home located near Estacada, OR. There are three separate water-to-air geothermal units installed in the home. One unit is located in the RV garage and the other two are located in small utility rooms. Geothermal heat pumps have many advantages over conventional fossil fuel heating systems, and one of those is that they can fit in to tight spaces because they do not require a lot of 'breathing room'. http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/Boring-geothermal-project 73455c86ee57b4cc45987432ecedd01b Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:03:08 -0400 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Boring-geothermal-project http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Boring-geothermal-project/DSCF0888.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Boring-geothermal-project/DSCF0888.sized.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Boring-geothermal-project/DSCF0888.thumb.jpg This is an addition with pool-room to an existing house outside of Boring. There are three separate water-to-air units for the pool-room itself and then another unit for the second floor addition. One unit heats the pool itself, a second heats the room and then the third performs dehumidification. http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/NoPDX_vertical_geothermal a09255925d5a513394c310b74f9b9de6 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:19:54 -0400 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=NoPDX_vertical_geothermal http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/NoPDX_vertical_geothermal/Chadney1.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/NoPDX_vertical_geothermal/Chadney1.sized.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/NoPDX_vertical_geothermal/Chadney1.thumb.jpg These are pictures of a geothermal project in North Portland that required a vertical ground loop. Landscaping prohibited the use of a horizontal ground loop which requires more land area. There were four vertical loops of approximately 175' each that were installed. Great care was taken so as to not disturb or damage the water pond. Most of these are pre-drilling pictures with a few shots of the drilling rig included. http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/EcoHumor da331a5604371de9daa0f7c9fbd065ef Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:45:02 -0400 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=EcoHumor http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/EcoHumor/hummer_dumber.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/EcoHumor/hummer_dumber.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/EcoHumor/hummer_dumber.thumb.jpg Images collected from various sources depicting the dilemma of our addiction to fossil fuels. http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption 3b6df18a2be1e9e12bd1e3da3b766606 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:31:05 -0500 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption/cars.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption/cars.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption/cars.thumb.jpg Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption Exploring around our country’s shipping ports and industrial yards, where the accumulated detritus of our consumption is exposed to view like eroded layers in the Grand Canyon, I find evidence of a slow-motion apocalypse in progress. I am appalled by these scenes, and yet also drawn into them with awe and fascination. 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. As an American consumer myself, I am in no position to finger wag; but I do know that when we reflect on a difficult question in the absence of an answer, our attention can turn inward, and in that space may exist the possibility of some evolution of thought or action. So my hope is that these photographs can serve as portals to a kind of cultural self-inquiry. It may not be the most comfortable terrain, but I have heard it said that in risking self-awareness, at least we know that we are awake. ~cj http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/Chris-Jordan%2C-Photographic-Artist 35338cb0ec2e608b8d6e16a19aea9f8b Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:10 -0500 http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Chris-Jordan,-Photographic-Artist http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption/cars.thumb.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption/cars.jpg http://greenenergysolution.biz/Gallery/albums/Intolerable-Beauty-Portraits-of-American-Mass-Consumption/cars.thumb.jpg Chris Jordan - Photographic Artist