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Binh Danh

Binh Danh

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  • Vietnamese-American, b. 1977 Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA Known for his innovative approach to early...

    Vietnamese-American, b. 1977 

    Lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA

     

    Known for his innovative approach to early photographic processes, Binh Danh extends and reconsiders the pursuit of pioneering nineteenth century photographers. For over a decade, Danh has traveled across the American West, making daguerreotypes of scenic vistas on silver plates in a mobile darkroom he calls Louis, after Louis Daguerre. Danh’s images are a result of his long term investigation into perfecting the creation of one-of-a-kind, in-camera daguerreotypes, working with large format cameras modified to accept silver plates rather than film negatives. Danh imbues this scenery with his distinctly personal perspective — namely, an attempt to negotiate his connection as a Vietnamese American with the landscape and history of the United States. The highly reflective surfaces of Danh’s daguerreotypes literally mirror their surroundings, embracing viewers within the idyllic environs of national sites and landmarks. 


    In addition to recent solo exhibitions at the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA (2018); Phillips Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (2018); and Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (2016), his work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA (2024); University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (2024); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (2023); American Academy in Rome, Italy (2022); and the Crystal Bridges of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2020),  among many others. He has additionally exhibited at the FotoFest Biennial, Houston, TX (2024) and Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2012).


    Danh’s work is held in a number of institutional collections, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, CA; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, CA; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Musée d’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; and San Jose Museum of Art, CA. 


    He is a recipient of the William Collins Smith Auburn Award for Advancing American Art (2024) and Fleishhacker Foundation's Eureka Fellowship (2010), and has completed residencies at the La Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France (2004); Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Hailey, ID (2013); and Lesley University, Cambridge, MA (2018). The first monographic publication of his work, Binh Danh: The Enigma of Belonging, was published by Radius Books in 2023.
     
    Artist CV (PDF)
  • BINH DANH | ARTIST DIGEST

    BINH DANH | ARTIST DIGEST

    Discover the work of Binh Danh in Haines Gallery's Artist Digest, a carefully curated mix of content that invites you to explore his practice in depth.
     
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  • Works
    • Binh Danh El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, June 7, 2012, 2012 Daguerreotype (in camera exposure) 13 x 11.5 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      El Capitan, Yosemite, CA, June 7, 2012, 2012
      Daguerreotype (in camera exposure)
      13 x 11.5 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh Death Valley National Park (Zabriskie Point #2), 2016 Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure) 14.5 x 12.75 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      Death Valley National Park (Zabriskie Point #2), 2016
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure)
      14.5 x 12.75 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh Winter in Yosemite, 2021 Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure) 12.75 x 14.5 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      Winter in Yosemite, 2021
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure)
      12.75 x 14.5 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh Mather Point, Grand Canyon National Park, 2016 Daguerreotype, Unique (in camera exposure) 12.75 x 19 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      Mather Point, Grand Canyon National Park, 2016
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in camera exposure)
      12.75 x 19 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh View from Bernal Heights Summit, San Francisco, CA (#2), 2014 Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure) 13.75 x 20 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      View from Bernal Heights Summit, San Francisco, CA (#2), 2014
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure)
      13.75 x 20 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh View from Bernal Heights Summit, San Francisco, CA (#4), 2021 Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure) 13.75 x 20 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      View from Bernal Heights Summit, San Francisco, CA (#4), 2021
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure)
      13.75 x 20 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh B and C Laundromat Barbary Coast Trail, Chinatown, 2014 Daguerreotype, Unique (in camera exposure) 13.185 x 14.875 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      B and C Laundromat Barbary Coast Trail, Chinatown, 2014
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in camera exposure)
      13.185 x 14.875 inches, framed
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    • Binh Danh The Women’s Building, 18th Street, 2014 Daguerreotype, Unique (in camera exposure) 13.185 x 14.875 inches, framed
      Binh Danh
      The Women’s Building, 18th Street, 2014
      Daguerreotype, Unique (in camera exposure)
      13.185 x 14.875 inches, framed
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  • Exhibitions
    • Elemental

      Elemental

      April 7 - May 27, 2023
      Haines Gallery proudly presents Elemental , a group exhibition featuring new and recent works by John Chiara , Binh Danh , Chris McCaw and Meghann Riepenhoff , four West Coast...
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    • Blaze Across the Firmament

      Blaze Across the Firmament

      September 10 - October 30, 2021
      Haines Gallery proudly presents Blaze Across the Firmament , a group exhibition exploring our relationship to the heavens — those ethereal bodies that illuminate the night sky, mark our place...
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    • Binh Danh: After the Gold Rush

      Binh Danh: After the Gold Rush

      September 5 - November 2, 2019
      Haines Gallery is pleased to present After the Gold Rush , a new solo exhibition by photographer Binh Danh (b. 1977, lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area)....
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    • A Cure for Everything

      A Cure for Everything

      January 5 - March 23, 2019
      Haines Gallery is pleased to present A Cure for Everything , a group exhibition bringing together works by nine artists working in photography, print, and video. Employing alternative or experimental...
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    • Binh Danh: This, Then, is San Francisco

      Binh Danh: This, Then, is San Francisco

      November 6 - December 20, 2014
      Binh Danh’s latest series of daguerreotypes focuses on the San Francisco cityscape — rendering scenic vistas, sites of civic engagement, and familiar street scenes all with the exquisite detail that...
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    • Binh Danh: Yosemite

      Binh Danh: Yosemite

      September 6 - October 27, 2012
      Known for his innovative approach to alternative photographic processes, Binh Danh presents a new series of daguerreotypes in his fourth exhibition at Haines Gallery. The works on view in Yosemite...
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  • News
    • Binh Danh Artist Talk, National Parks Culture: Art, Placemaking, and Belonging Online Webinar and Panel Discussion Thursday, May 29, 2025...
      News

      Binh Danh
      Artist Talk

      National Parks Culture: Art, Placemaking, and Belonging
      Online Webinar and Panel Discussion
      Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 12PM PST
      Although the National Park Service (NPS) is often thought of as a straightforward preservation agency, it is also a cultural institution that has fundamentally shaped the relationship between national identity,...
    • Binh Danh Museum Acquisition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C acquires Binh Danh's Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (2024)
      News

      Binh Danh
      Museum Acquisition

      National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C acquires Binh Danh's Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (2024)
      Haines is pleased to announce the acquisition of Binh Danh's Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park , 2024, by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Danh reconfigures traditional photographic techniques...
    • Binh Danh Museum Exhibition, Tending and Dreaming: Stories from the Collection San Jose Museum of Art, CA March 7, 2025...
      News

      Binh Danh
      Museum Exhibition

      Tending and Dreaming: Stories from the Collection
      San Jose Museum of Art, CA
      March 7, 2025 - ongoing
      Tending and Dreaming: Stories from the Collection launches San Jose Museum of Art's first dedicated collection galleries, providing unprecedented access to core works in its collection. Reflecting San Jose's international...
  • Press
  • Nikoo Parsizadeh, "Binh Danh Fragments of Time," Content, Spring 2025

    Charlotte Hendrix, "Auburn museum awards $25,000 to American artist advancing creativity, innovation and experimentation," Auburn University, August 15, 2024

    Taylor Dafoe, "Critical Geography | FotoFest Biennial 2024, Houston," Photograph, May 1, 2024

    Varun Nayar, "A Biennial in Houston Explores the Politics of Visibility," aperture, April 25, 2024

    Patricia Albers, “Encode/Store/Retrieve @ San Jose Museum of Art,” Squarecylinder.com, January 29, 2024

    Steve Chiotakis, “Explore golden age of South Vietnamese modern art at Wende Museum,” KCRW, August 16, 2023

    Jessica Zack, "Bay Area photographers bring fresh perspective to 'Ansel Adams in Our Time'," San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2023

    Max Blue, "New Ansel Adams exhibit contemplates nature amid a changing climate," San Francisco Examiner, April 26, 2023

    “No. 597: Binh Danh, ‘Object Lessons’,” The Modern Art Notes Podcast, April 13, 2023

    Richard Chang and Kim Pham, "'Yellow Submarine Rising' Gives Asian American Artists a Platform to Speak and Shine," Voice of OC, December 9, 2022

    Max Blue, "Landscape photos with multiple signifiers at Haines and Thacher Galleries," San Francisco Examiner, January 18, 2022

    “The pioneer of landscape photography,” BBC Four, October 11, 2021

    Rebecca Senf, "New Ways of Looking at Landscapes," Means & Matters, July 14, 2021

    Roula Seikaly, "Binh Danh: After the Gold Rush at Haines Gallery," Photograph, October 2019

    George Philip LeBourdais, "Binh Danh @ Haines," Squarecylinder.com, September 24, 2019

    Grace Li, "The Syrian civil war abstracted, a Gold Rush city changed by time in two new Haines Gallery exhibits," San Francisco Chronicle, September 12, 2019

    Sarah E. Fensom, "Western Expansion," Art & Antiques Magazine, Winter 2018-19

    Charles Desmarais, "'A Cure for Everything' offered at Haines," San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, 2019

    Vickie Goldberg, "Critic's Pick: Ansel Adams in a New Light," The New York Times, January 17, 2019

    David M. Roth, "A Cure for Everything @ Haines," Squarecylinder.com, January 11, 2019

    Neda Ulaby, "National Parks Daguerreotypes Invite Viewers To 'Merge With The Land'," NPR, July 5, 2016

    Matthew Harrison Tedford, "Binh Danh's 19th-Century Photographs of Contemporary San Francisco," KQED Arts, November 13, 2014

    David Pierini, "Vietnam War Photos Leave Haunting Impressions on Artist's Unlikely Canvas," Cult of Mac, August 15, 2014

    Jack Fisher, "Possessed by Place: Landscape and Longing are Central to Binh Danh's Innovative Photographs," Planet Cardinal, March 2014

    Kai Behrmann, "Praying To The Photo Gods," Photography Magazine, April 20, 2013

    Sam Whiting, "Binh Danh's Yosemite Daguerreotypes," San Francisco Chronicle, Semtember 25, 2012

    Margherita Dessanay, "Yosemite by Binh Danh," Frame, September 22, 2012

    Renny Pritikin, "Collecting Memories," Art Practical, August 2012

    Pete Pin, "Legacy in Leaves: The Vietnam War Remembered," Time Magazine, April 30, 2012

    Steve Meltzer, "Artist Binh Danh Prints Arresting Photos of Vietnam on Delicate Leaves" Imaging Resource, April 3, 2012 

    Michael Zhang, "Photographer Makes 'Chlorophyll Prints' Using Leaves and Sunlight," PetaPixel, August 30, 2011

    Hayley Delaney, "Binh Danh's Yosemite," CCA, October 2010

    Kenneth Baker, "Danh, Spence Shows at Mills College Art Museum," SFGate, September 9, 2010

     

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