 Danh's art focuses predominately on the Vietnam War era and he has been quoted as saying that a lot of his work is involved with the theme of death.Danh has also said that the photographs he uses "bring up and start to fabricate memories" of his life in Vietnam.His images were described as being able to "summon up revulsion over present violent conflicts in the world without direct topical reference"
 and a critic said that his images of war scenes "evoked wars past and present with an unforced economy almost unparalleled in political art."