The Binh Danh exhibit is a testament of the Vietnam War not only in the photographs of the soldiers (something that Danh had nothing to do with), but in the execution of the printing that Danh invented. Imprinting the images on the plants makes the viewer reflect back on personal knowledge of the terrain, of the overgrown rainforests, in Vietnam.
The exhibit can also reflect our current situation in the War on Terrorism. These wars have much in common, including the type of enemy, the treacherous climate, and the bureaucratic squabbling going on back at home. Imprinting the pictures on plants gives people the idea that the soldiers left their mark on the landscape of Vietnam, which, in current times, refers people to those lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I think the Binh Danh exhibit is very moving and a wonderful collection of art. However, I will have to agree with Sontag in that "...images consume reality. Cameras are the antidote and the disease, a means of appropriating reality and a means of making it obsolete." The images are real, and the Danh's process makes the whole effect very moving, yet the exhibit of those who have died takes a biased tone, and in turn "usurp[s] reality." I strongly believe that more important than what is shown in a photograph, or especially in a display of photographs, is what is not shown. Painters can distort reality, but photographers, who are more convincing because what they shoot actually happens, can alter people's ideas of reality by what they do and do not show.