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Binh Danh daguerreotypes of Yosemite National Park

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Description
Two contemporary daguerreotypes of views in Yosemite National Park by artist Binh Danh. The first image, Yosemite Falls, April 15, 2012, is a traditional landscape view, 6.5 x 8.5 inches, matted and framed, 11.5 x 13 inches, and signed on the verso. The second image, Tunnel View parking lot, 2017, is 5 x 7 inches, matted and signed on the verso; this image emphasizes part of the parking lot and various tourists at a Yosemite viewpoint. The daguerreotypes were made using a 19th-century photographic processing technique that produces a photograph directly on a silver-coated copper plate.
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Production date
2012, 2017.
Call number
photPF 26033
Creator
Danh, Binh (1977-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift and purchase from Haines Gallery, February 2023.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Dimensions
plates 17 x 22 cm and 13 x 18 cm
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