Have you ever grown a photograph?
While a number of artists examine how catastrophic histories are inscribed into geography or architecture, Danh's work is far more organic. It is not just the material that calls attention to the organic - his material is foliage - rather it is the process by which the images are formed and the very quality of them. Danh, in fact, invented an entirely new technique in order, not just to superimpose, but rather to grow the image into the leaf.
See also additional artwork at the Haines Gallery. Binh Danh's Reconstructing Memories |