Darkness into Light
This spring I visited and spent a number of days and nights in the world's largest cave, in the jungle mountains of central Vietnam. Fewer people have been to the…
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June 7, 2017
Upcoming Flower Photography Workshops
We have two upcoming extended flower photography workshops this summer, one in Berkeley later this month, and one in Maine the first week of August: Flower Photography Intensive: 4-Day Masterclass…
June 6, 2017
Shameless Quote Department
"Harold Davis is the digital black and white equal of Ansel Adams’s traditional wet photography. Adams would be awed by Davis’s work. In The Photographer’s Black and White Handbook Davis…
June 4, 2017
Design for a Stained Glass Window Made of Flowers
To create this design for a stained glass window, I started by laying down a series of mallow blossoms in a loose spiral (the magenta flowers). Next, I filled in…
June 1, 2017
Church and Lighthouse on Gozo
This is a view of a church and lighthouse on Gozo, an island that is part of the Maltese archipelago of three islands. We photographed the view in the morning…
May 30, 2017
Internship position available
We are looking for a hands-on intern with a serious interest in art and photography. The position will pay a modest stipend and/or garner academic credit (to be arranged depending…
May 28, 2017
The Amazing World of Flowers
One of the things I love most about flower photography is that it compels one to look closely at flowers. The more you look, the more you see! What a…
May 27, 2017
Recent Flower Photos
I'm happy to take advantage of the wonderful spring flowers this year here in California, and make up for the time I was traveling with some extensive flower photography! Here…
May 25, 2017
Fulsome Praise for The Photographer’s Black & White Handbook
I am blushing! From the Seattle Book Review: "Harold Davis is the digital black and white equal of Ansel Adams’s traditional wet photography. Adams would be awed by Davis’s work.…
May 23, 2017
Upcoming Flower Photography Workshop—A Few Spaces Available—Other Updates
We have only a few spaces open in my upcoming Flower Photography Intensive 4-Day Workshop here In Berkeley California coming next month, June 22-25, 2017. This will be a great time…
May 22, 2017
Potemkin Water Wheel
This photo of kids playing on a river bank near a waterwheel is from a tribal village near Sapa in the north of Vietnam. The thing to observe is that…
May 21, 2017
The Reality of Sapa, Vietnam
From six thousand miles away, reading about Sapa in the Lonely Planet guide and on the internet, I thought the city would be as advertised: a serene portal to the mountains of North…
May 20, 2017
Introducing Multiple Exposures
Phyllis and I are working on an artist's book---really a booklet---based on my Multiple Exposures body of work. The title, Multiple Exposures, is a play on the technique used, and…
May 19, 2017
Lace from Gozo
This is a piece of handmade lace from the island of Gozo, one of the islands in the Maltese archipelago. I bought the lace notionally as a present for Phyllis,…
May 18, 2017
Home is Best…with Flower Photography
As the saying goes, "You may travel east, you may travel west, but in your heart you know home is best!" In the past two months, I have traveled east…
May 17, 2017
Pear (or Pair)
Good to be home to a land of lush florals and fruit supreme, always with anthropomorphic potential. Taking a little time to be laid back, while Phyllis and I consider…
May 16, 2017
Getting Inside My Head
Well, I'm not exactly John Malkovitch, but I am pleased and excited to see this attempt to "Get inside the head of this marvelous man whose writing is as evocative…
May 13, 2017