Associate Professor
Binh Danh reconfigures traditional photographic techniques and processes in unconventional ways to delve into the connection between history, identity, and place. As a child who immigrated to the US from war-torn Vietnam in 1979, his family stories and diasporic experience serve as the foundation for his investigative practice. In his highly acclaimed series of chlorophyll prints, Danh uses photosynthesis to directly print portraits from the Vietnam War era onto the leaves surfaces. Danh is also noted for his contemporary daguerreotypes of national parks. Their reflective surfaces enable people of all backgrounds to see themselves as a part of the beauty of the American landscape.
He earned a BFA from San José State University and an MFA from Stanford University. His awards include a Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, and a 2019 Creative Work Fund, collaborating with the Visual and Performing Art Department at the California State University, Monterey Bay. His work has been collected by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the San Jose Museum of Art, among others. He is an associate professor of art at San José State University.
| EMAIL: | PHONE NUMBER: | OFFICE LOCATION: |
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| binh.danh@sjsu.edu | 408 924-4691 | Duncan Hall 401C |
Website:
http://binhdanh.com/
http://scenicdags.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulouy87SUV0&t=35s/
Course Offerings:
Spring 2024:
PHOT 40 – Beginning Photography (Sections 3 & 4)
PHOT 113 – Alternative Photo Media
Fall 2024:
On Sabbatical