Overview
Haines Gallery proudly presents Elemental II: Photography and the Hand of Nature, a group exhibition bringing together photographs by John Chiara, Linda ConnorBinh Danh, Chris McCaw, and Meghann RiepenhoffWhether printing directly in the landscape, repurposing the earliest photographic technologies and techniques, or building their own cameras, their analog and often experimental methods result in singular objects that draw attention to the physicality of their processes, the materiality of their works, and the wonder and beauty of natural phenomena.
 
The second iteration of Haines’ eponymous 2023 exhibition, Elemental II brings together new and recent works taken across the American West and as far as the Arctic Circle, and explores themes including landscape and memory, place and belonging, ecological trauma and environmental stewardship. The exhibition’s title is meant to evoke the active role that nature plays — physically and chemically, as natural forces and natural elements — in composing the works on view.
 
Selected Works
  • John Chiara Cabrillo Highway at Pescadero Creek Road, Variation 8, 2016 Camera Obscura Ilfochrome Photograph, Unique 59 x 71 inches, framed
    John Chiara
    Cabrillo Highway at Pescadero Creek Road, Variation 8, 2016
    Camera Obscura Ilfochrome Photograph, Unique
    59 x 71 inches, framed
  • John Chiara Coral, Carolina, Russia, 2023 Camera Obscura Ilfochrome Photograph, Unique 56 x 47 inches, framed
    John Chiara
    Coral, Carolina, Russia, 2023
    Camera Obscura Ilfochrome Photograph, Unique
    56 x 47 inches, framed
  • Linda Connor The Indus River, Ladakh, India, 2024 Sublimation on Aluminum 30 x 23.75 inches
    Linda Connor
    The Indus River, Ladakh, India, 2024
    Sublimation on Aluminum
    30 x 23.75 inches
  • Linda Connor January 22, 1898, c. 1990s Gold toned printing out paper 14.25 x 16.25 inches, framed
    Linda Connor
    January 22, 1898, c. 1990s
    Gold toned printing out paper
    14.25 x 16.25 inches, framed
  • Binh Danh Bajada Wash Trail (#3), Saguaro National Park, 2024 Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure) 13.25 x 16 inches, framed
    Binh Danh
    Bajada Wash Trail (#3), Saguaro National Park, 2024
    Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure)
    13.25 x 16 inches, framed
  • Binh Danh Split Rock Loop Trail (#2), Joshua Tree National Park, 2024 Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure) 13.25 x 16 inches, framed
    Binh Danh
    Split Rock Loop Trail (#2), Joshua Tree National Park, 2024
    Daguerreotype, Unique (in-camera exposure)
    13.25 x 16 inches, framed
  • Chris MCCaw Sunburned GSP #857 (Late Evening / Sunrise, North Slope, Arctic Circle, Alaska), 2015 6 Unique gelatin silver paper negatives 45.25 x 76 inches, framed
    Chris MCCaw
    Sunburned GSP #857 (Late Evening / Sunrise, North Slope, Arctic Circle, Alaska), 2015
    6 Unique gelatin silver paper negatives
    45.25 x 76 inches, framed
  • Chris McCaw Sunburned GSP #683 (San Francisco Bay, sunrise in 12 frames), 2013 12 Unique gelatin silver paper negatives 12.5 x 150 inches, framed
    Chris McCaw
    Sunburned GSP #683 (San Francisco Bay, sunrise in 12 frames), 2013
    12 Unique gelatin silver paper negatives
    12.5 x 150 inches, framed
  • Meghann Riepenhoff Day 424.5: Waters of the Americas: EPA #IDN001002876 (Residual and Current Triumph Silver Mine Contamination, Freezing, Rushing Water, Big Wood River, Idaho), 2025 Unique Dynamic Cyanotype 64 x 46 inches, framed
    Meghann Riepenhoff
    Day 424.5: Waters of the Americas: EPA #IDN001002876 (Residual and Current Triumph Silver Mine Contamination, Freezing, Rushing Water, Big Wood River, Idaho), 2025
    Unique Dynamic Cyanotype
    64 x 46 inches, framed
  • Meghann Riepenhoff Day 425.2: Waters of the Americas: EPA #IDN001002876 (Residual and Current Triumph Silver Mine Contamination, Big Wood River, Idaho), 2025 Unique Dynamic Cyanotype 46 x 70 inches, framed
    Meghann Riepenhoff
    Day 425.2: Waters of the Americas: EPA #IDN001002876 (Residual and Current Triumph Silver Mine Contamination, Big Wood River, Idaho), 2025
    Unique Dynamic Cyanotype
    46 x 70 inches, framed