Ongoing project that exhumes the generational ramifications of Agent Orange herbicidal campaigns during the Vietnam War.

Digging through the HERBS database of spray missions, I seek the signatures of genetic, environmental, and chemical damage across generations. Now declassified, the directives include crossed-out stamps reading “SECRET”, “HARMLESS” and “Free Herbicide Zones”. Both the South Vietnamese and U.S. military command planned and approved these missions.

Using solargraphs on tropical leaves, I burn these signatures into the actual living cellular structures. Each leaf is then scanned and recomposited on transparencies like an x-ray scan of our chemical sins.