One Second, More 

Nellie Castan Gallery, 2010

One Second (Oil Barrels 1146) 

Lightjet Photograph 

120 x 120 cms

One Second (Plastic Bags 31,688)

Lightjet Photograph

 120 x 120 cms 

One Second (Water Bottles 5982)

 Lightjet Photograph

 120 x 120 cms

One Second (Toilet Paper 961)

Lightjet Photograph

 120 x 120 cms


I wanted to photograph how much stuff we make in a year, but the numbers were way too large. So I reduced it to just one second. Each image depicts the world wide production of a selected commodity, per second, for the year 2009. 


Constructed in 3D modelling programs, printed as photographs, each is statistically and mathematically accurate. The exact number per second is in the title.  You can multiply it by 31,556,926 (the number of seconds in a year) to get the annual totals. 


One second, more - but how can there always be more?




Catalogue Essay

One Second (Military Spending US$46,392)

 Lightjet Photograph

 120 x 120 cms

One Second (Internet Searches 43,259)

Lightjet Photograph

 120 x 120 cms

One Second (Wild Fish Catch 2953 kgs)

Lightjet Photograph

 120 x 120 cms

One Second (All Together)

Lightjet Photograph

120 x 300 cms