View of Bernal Heights and 101/280 interchange, San Francisco, CA , 2020
8 x 10 in (h x w)
Daguerréotype

This contemporary daguerreotype view, taken on 7/29/20 at 4 PM, depicts the state of quarantine, an empty freeway interchange, and houses with families sheltering-in-place. This view harkens back to the San Francisco Gold Rush days of the 1850s, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, or the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake–it all summoned catastrophe and the shaping of the Bay Area.

Other works by Binh Danh

Moran Point, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ , 2016
8 x 15 in (h x w)
Daguerréotype
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Mather Point, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ , 2016
8 x 15 in (h x w)
Daguerréotype
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Killing Tree against which executioners beat children, Choeung Ek Genocidal Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia , 2008
13.3 x 16 in (h x w)
Daguerréotype
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Cathedral Rocks and Cathedral Spires, Yosemite National Park, CA , 2014
12.5 x 14.8 in (h x w)
Daguerréotype
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Angkor Thom Ruins, Cambodia , 2017
10 x 12 in (h x w)
Daguerréotype
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