For the first time, two leaders of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been convicted of genocide. Up to two million people, mostly from the Khmer majority, are believed to have died during those four years. ⢠⢠⢠In #BinhDanh's "The Ghosts of Khmer: Light and Memory," the artist uses the Khmer Rouge regime's eerie death portraitsâtaken in the moments before victims were executedâand transformed them into a living archive of proliferation. The reflective surfaces of Danhâs daguerreotypes act as a mirror, and the portraits are created at human proportions: âYou will see the leaf and the portrait,â says Danh, âand you will see your own face overlaying the face of the victim.â Through these works we are invited to explore the issue of human individuality and responsibility, and the ways those concepts shift over time, in both the ethereal reflective surfaces of Danhâs large-scale daguerreotypes and the imagesâ paradoxical subject matter. ⢠⢠⢠Binh Danh Untitled #13, from the series, "Aura of Botanical Specimen", 2018 photogram on Daguerreotype 10" x 8" plate 14.75" x 12.5" framed Unique ⢠⢠⢠#contemporaryart #contemporary #art #daguerreotype #photography #cambodia #khmer #khmerrouge #khmerrougeregime #khmerrougegenocide #genocide (at Lisa Sette Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqS93zvFm7U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ab2beqcjc7iu