The mountains near Meo Vac are in an area untraveled until recently that abuts the Chinese-Vietnam border. These mountains are unusual and spectacular, with high and narrow roads. A permit…
We drove along the mountains roads in the northern tribal country of Vietnam. Whenever there was a particularly nice vista of distant mountains and terraced rice farming, we'd stop for…
Sapa is a hill town in the mountainous north of Vietnam fairly near the Chinese border. It's been known as a resort since the French founded a military sanitarium here…
Thap Rua---Turtle Tower---is a structure in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake, an island of peace in the bustle of downtown Hanoi. The Turtle Tower is linked to an ancient…
Hanoi is a fascinating city---vibrant, prosperous, and ramshackle all at once. Stepping outside means risking imminent death by motorcycle. The only way to cross a street is to head across…
The Long Bien Bridge stretches across the Red River from Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a cantilevered iron structure designed in the studio of Gustav Eiffel. Strategically important because it connects…
This is the magnolia branch I brought home and used for macro photography practice in an image I showed earlier. Composition of the entire branch was a bit of a…
Wandering the paths and stairways of the Berkeley hills, I came upon a gardener shaping a venerable flowering magnolia tree. A largish branch lay on the ground. I asked if…
This is a photo of my wonderful father Martin Davis that I recently scanned and retouched to restore some damage. Martin thinks it was taken when he was sixteen and…
Walking south from Bethesda Fountain to get to my dinner appointment on West 57th Street, I stopped by a body of water at the southeast corner of Central Park to…
This is a photo of my darling Phyllis and myself on our wedding day almost 25 years ago. The color print (an inexpensive drugstore print made from color negative film…
These are portraits of my paternal grandparents. Harry Davis was born Herschel Davidowitz in 1892. Helen Davis, nee Gotlieb, born in 1895, and Harry were both from Lodz, Poland. They…
I thought this white rose with a hint of satin-like blush was going to look great in black and white, but when I processed it I saw that the color…
We have two spaces open in my upcoming Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop here In Berkeley California the coming weekend of March 12-13, 2017. I have a version of this…
I'm pleased to share with you my presentation on Photographing Flowers for Transparency at New York's School of Visual Arts in the Masters in Digital Photography program. Enjoy! If for…
I was in New York as part of a trip to promote my new book The Photographer's Black & White Handbook. My presentation at B&H Photo was well attended and…
In recent years I've seen much of the world. All this traveling has led to photography of some very beautiful and interesting places. So when I show my work, not…