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Binh Danh

Special Exhibition: AIPAD 2018 –  Newsletter Essay, 2017-2018 – Newsletter Essay, 2007-2008

Binh Danh’s work expresses his interest in culture, history and memory. He uses anachronistic, chemically based, photographic techniques to reflect on contemporary issues of war and violence. Early work drew on portraits of victims of the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s genocide in Cambodia and iconic images of the Vietnam War. He reproduced these on leaves through a process he invented—chlorophyll printing. Fixing a negative over the living leaf, he allows the leaf’s natural photosynthesis to trace the light and shadow of the image though its production of green chlorophyll pigment in areas exposed to sunlight.

Born in Vietnam in 1977, Danh’s family fled to the United States two years later. They continued observing traditional Vietnamese customs, especially Buddhist worship of ancestors. Thus, says Danh, he grew up “meditating on death and its influence on the living.” More recently, Danh has experimented with Daguerreotypes—a 19th century photographic technique in which a light-sensitive, highly polished, silver-plated copper sheet is exposed to light and produces a single image. Using this, he has depicted charged places: the high-school-turned-prison Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phon Penh, the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia’s famous Khmer temple Angkor Wat, the city of San Francisco, and America’s National Parks. These works’ mirrored surfaces superimpose the face of the viewer onto the images, making the viewer complicit with the scene.

Danh received his MFA from Stanford University in 2004. His work is widely collected and exhibited, including at the 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia.

Binh Danh - Spiral Jetty, Utah (#4), 2017, daguerreotype, 8 by 10 inches plate, unique
Binh Danh - Spiral Jetty, Utah (#4)
Binh Danh - Spiral Jetty, Utah (#2) (SOLD), 2017, daguerreotype, 8 by 10 inches / 12.5 by 14.75 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Spiral Jetty, Utah (#2) (SOLD)
Binh Danh - Untitled #17, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen” (SOLD), 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 x 5 inches / 11 x 9 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #17, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen” (SOLD)
Binh Danh - Untitled #15, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 x 5 inches / 11 x 9 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #15, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”,
Binh Danh - Untitled #10, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 x 5 inches / 11 x 9 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #10, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”
Binh Danh - Untitled #13, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 x 5 inches / 11 x 9 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #13, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”
Binh Danh - Untitled #16, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 x 5 inches / 11 x 9 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #16, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”
Binh Danh - Untitled #14, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 x 5 inches / 11 x 9 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #14, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”
Binh Danh - Untitled #12, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2018, photogram on daguerreotype, 10 by 8 inches / 14.75 by 12.5 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #12, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen"
Binh Danh - Untitled #3, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 by 5 inches / 11.25 by 9.25 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #3, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen"
Binh Danh - Untitled #8, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 by 5 inches / 11.25 by 9.25 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #8, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen"
Binh Danh - Untitled #9, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen”, 2017, photogram on daguerreotype, 7 by 5 inches / 11.25 by 9.25 inches framed, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled #9, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen"
Binh Danh - Buddha of Phnom Penh #1, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 12 by 10 inches / 17 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Buddha of Phnom Penh #1
Binh Danh - Buddha of Phnom Penh #2, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 12 by 10 inches / 17 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Buddha of Phnom Penh #2
Binh Danh - Angkor Wall, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 12 by 10 inches / 17 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Angkor Wall
Binh Danh - Divinities of Angkor Wat #1, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 12 by 10 inches / 17 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Divinities of Angkor Wat #1
Binh Danh - Divinities of Angkor #1, 2008, daguerreotype, 11 by 9 inches framed
Binh Danh - Divinities of Angkor #1
Binh Danh - Stay Woke Buddha 1, 2017, daguerreotype, 12 by 9.5 inches framed
Binh Danh - Stay Woke Buddha 1
Binh Danh - Stay Woke Buddha 2 (SOLD), 2017, daguerreotype, 12 by 9.5 inches framed
Binh Danh - Stay Woke Buddha 2 (SOLD)
Binh Danh - Reflection of Angkor Wat Temples, Siem Reap, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 10 by 12 inches / 15 by 16.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Reflection of Angkor Wat Temples, Siem Reap
Binh Danh - Angkor Thom Ruins, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 10 by 12 inches / 15 by 16.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Angkor Thom Ruins
Binh Danh - Buddhas of Bayon #3, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 6 inches / 11.25 by 9.25 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Buddhas of Bayon #3
Binh Danh - Buddhas of Bayon #1, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 10 by 8 inches / 14.75 by 12.5 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Buddhas of Bayon #1
Binh Danh - Meditating Buddha of Bayon, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 6 inches / 11.25 by 9.25 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Meditating Buddha of Bayon
Binh Danh - Entrance to Angkor Thom, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 10 inches / 13 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Entrance to Angkor Thom
Binh Danh - Photo Enlarger at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 10 by 8 inches / 14.75 by 12.5 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Photo Enlarger at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Binh Danh - Mother and Child, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 12 by 10 inches / 17 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Mother and Child, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia
Binh Danh - Mother and Child, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia, 2015, daguerreotype, 16 by 13.5 inches framed
Binh Danh - Mother and Child, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Cambodia
Binh Danh - Lambency of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #2, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 10 inches / 13 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Lambency of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #2
Binh Danh - Lambency of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #3, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 10 inches / 13 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Lambency of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #3
Binh Danh - Skulls at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 10 inches / 13 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Skulls at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
Binh Danh - Skulls of Choeung Ek, Cambodia, 2015, daguerreotype, 9.5 by 12 inches framed
Binh Danh - Skulls of Choeung Ek, Cambodia
Binh Danh - The Skull Temple at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 9 by 12 inches / 12.75 by 15.5 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - The Skull Temple at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
Binh Danh - Killing Tree, Choeung Ek Park, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 9 by 12 inches / 12.75 by 15.5 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Killing Tree, Choeung Ek Park
Binh Danh - Former Torture Cell at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, 2017, daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger), 8 by 10 inches / 13 by 14.75 inches framed, edition of 3
Binh Danh - Former Torture Cell at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Untitled Cactus #5, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, April 6, 2014
Untitled Cactus #5, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, April 6, 2014
Binh Danh - Untitled Cactus #2 (SOLD), Saguaro National Park, Arizona, April 6, 2014, 2014, daguerreotype (in camera exposure), 8.5 by 6.5 inches plate, unique
Binh Danh - Untitled Cactus #2 (SOLD), Saguaro National Park, Arizona, April 6, 2014
Binh Danh - Military Foliage #19, 2010, chlorophyll print, resin, 16.5 by 10.5 inches
Binh Danh - Military Foliage #19
Binh Danh - Military Foliage #43, 2010, chlorophyll print, resin, 13 by 9.5 inches framed
Binh Danh - Military Foliage #43
Binh Danh - Found Eclipse #2, from the Searching for the Cosmos series, 2005, chlorophyll print, resin, 10 by 8 inches
Binh Danh - Found Eclipse #2, from the Searching for the Cosmos series
Binh Danh - Yosemite Falls, May 19, 2011 (SOLD), 2011, daguerreotype (in camera exposure), 6.5 by 8.5 inch plate
Binh Danh - Yosemite Falls, May 19, 2011 (SOLD)
Binh Danh - Cathedral Rocks and Cathedral Spires, May 15, 2012 (SOLD), 2012, daguerreotype (in camera exposure), 6.5 by 8.5 inch plate, unique
Binh Danh - Cathedral Rocks and Cathedral Spires, May 15, 2012 (SOLD)
Binh Danh - El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, June 11, 2012 #3 (SOLD), 2012, daguerreotype (in camera exposure), 8.5 by 6.5 inch plate, 12.75 by 10.5 inches framed
Binh Danh - El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, June 11, 2012 #3 (SOLD)
Binh Danh - Rock on Merced River, Yosemite, CA, June 7, 2012 #2, 2012, daguerreotype (in camera exposure), 6.5 by 8.5 inch plate, 10.75 by 12.5 inches framed
Binh Danh - Rock on Merced River, Yosemite, CA, June 7, 2012 #2

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