Quote Page :: The Once-ler, from The Lorax with photos by Chris Jordan

Cell phones #2, Atlanta. Intolerable Beauty series. Photo by Chris Jordan

“I meant no harm. I most truly did not.
But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got.
I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads.
I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads
of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth
to the South! To the East! To the West! To the North!
I went right on biggering ... selling more Thneeds.
And I biggered my money, which everyone needs.”

The Once-ler, from The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss

 

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Random House Children's Books 1971, 72 pages, $14.95 Buy the book

 

Chris Jordan
Intolerable Beauty series
Jordan's photographs focus on the detritus of American consumer society. His images have been exhibited widely in the U.S. and Europe, and featured in publications all over the world. His most recent book is In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster. www.chrisjordan.com

Car Junkyard, Vancouver, Washington. Intolerable Beauty series. Photo by Chris Jordan

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