joeffdavis

Joeff Davis was born in Chicago in 1970. He works for a small weekly newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia. He has always lived in United States and he went to college at Amherst, Massachusetts. Davis has also appeared in several famous periodicals and in advertisements for various companies. His photographs have been created in many different places, including photos from Massachusetts, New York City, New Hampshire, Illinois, Georgia, New Mexico, Peru and France. Most of his photographs are made in public places like streets of big cities and at political events and political protests. Davis's work had been published in newspapers, magazines, website and he has had exhibitions of his work. His motivation for his work is his passion about U.S. politics, so he documents many politicians through amusing and controversial photos. Another source of motivation is his deep desire to live in a better world. He gets inspiration from many great photographers such as Weegee, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander: a few of his favorites. His major themes are of politics. He feels by taking humorous photos of politicians, he expresses his disapproval in their leadership. However, he has done some very artistic pictures in Chicago. He also likes to document the homeless. He uses several types of cameras: nikon d-200, a 80-200 mm zoom lens, a 14 mm lens, a 50 mm lens, a 18-70 mm zoom lens and a fisheye lens. He also brings along nikon 800d Flash at times. In the studio he works with large strobe lights called Calumet travelite 750's. He would like to think that when people look at his images they would first laugh and then look deeper and realize see their is a meaningful message which will impact the way they see the world.His contributions to photography are that he adds new perspectives to U.S politics and makes it seem more normal for people to express their opinions throughout their photographs. He uses a unique combination of fine art photography and photographic journalism to really give a new edge in the world of photos.

Pictures: http://www.joeff.com/Common/PhotoDetailPage.aspx?msa=0&pid=9024417&slid=d0e81dbc-b447-4593-9aeb-ce190466cc14&slididx=9&lid=0&rstid=24eb2e85-0097-4417-b15a-b6c0927bd11d&aid=1 http://www.Joeff.com/gps.aspx?pid=9024538&aid=1

Two of his famous photos are: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/images/1127-01.jpg And: http://www.mocp.org/collections/mpp/uploads/DavisJoeff.jpg

Sources Cited: http://joeff.com/

Joeff Davis jjsbd@aol.com