Exploding Aardvark

Binh Danh prints found photographs onto the surfaces of leaves via photosynthesis.

“In this body of work, I have recorded the images of the Vietnam War onto and into tropical plants.”

Remembrance

“In a war-torn jungle, memories survive. They bleed into the soil and seep into the roots of plants. The plants reflect these spirits into corporeal forms. What you see here are the faces of the American dead in Vietnam during the week of May 28 to June 3, 1969.”

One Week’s Dead

See also:

• NPR profile of the artist and his technique
• Works for sale by Binh Danh at Artnet

(Via the current issue of Giant Robot. On paper. Made from plants.)