A friend sent me the link to Chris Jordan’s site where he has put up his current work, a project he calls ‘Running the Numbers: An American Self Portrait’.

The following is one of the many incredible images displayed on his site, all of which are an absolute must-see. What you see below is not an oil painting. It depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.

See more of his work here.