Eagles 89B presents a shimmering, smoke-toned image rendered through one of photography's oldest and most demanding processes, yet executed here with a material twist that reframes both medium and meaning. Matthew Brandt produced this daguerreotype not with conventional silver-coated copper plates but by sourcing the silver directly from melted American Silver Eagle coins, the same federally minted currency that carries an eagle as its emblem. The result is an image whose surface literally contains the nation's monetary silver, collapsing the distance between symbol, material, and economic reality into a single luminous object. Brandt has built a celebrated practice around the idea that photographs can be physically made from the subjects they depict, and Eagles 89B stands as one of the more conceptually precise expressions of that commitment. The daguerreotype process demands extraordinary technical control, producing an image with no negative, no edition, and no duplicate, which makes each work genuinely singular. The coin silver introduces a further layer of specificity: the material carries legal tender status, a history of circulation, and a patriotic iconography that quietly saturates the image before a viewer even registers its visual qualities. At 25.4 by 20.3 centimeters, the work occupies an intimate scale well suited to close, considered looking, and its characteristic daguerreotype iridescence shifts subtly depending on the angle of light and the position of the viewer. Signed by the artist and offered through the Food Bank For New York City Benefit Auction, Eagles 89B represents both a rigorous conceptual statement and a meaningful opportunity for collectors to acquire a singular work while supporting an important civic institution.