Frilly Godesses
My flowers are like frilly Goddesses. But not in a fey way, or an overly cute way. The textures these blossoms provide could almost be fabrics or garments. The beauty…
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February 19, 2023
Topography of Camellia
In the wake of the death of my parents, I created a new garden on the shaded side of our house. This is a mostly ignored narrow strip between our…
February 12, 2023
Orvieto Passage
Recently I processed this image from Orvieto, in Umbria (Italy). In the morning the fog was thick. I took advantage of the evocative lighting, and framed an ancient, cobblestone passage…
February 2, 2023
Proteus X-Ray
If you ask photographers what is most important to them about their photography you may well get an answer like "revealing things that are otherwise hidden" or "showing the world…
January 31, 2023
Talisman
I like to photograph found objects---"talismen"---that I can think of as magical objects with power. Those shown here are a mixed bunch: an enamel box with the apotropaic symbol for…
January 27, 2023
Young James
This is my grandfather James Young Palmer at age eight in about the year 1900, found while going through things in my parent's home. James was of course young once…
January 20, 2023
2022 Stamp Yearbook
Images created from my Tulip Pano and Sunflower Bouquet decorate the United States Postal Service 2022 Stamp Yearbook. I'm pleased with how my images look. Click here for info about…
January 18, 2023
Memorial Mandala
I constructed this free-form mandala on my light box from flowers in the condolence bouquets that kind folks sent us for the recent loss of my parents. The practice of…
January 13, 2023
Remembering Martin and Virginia Davis
My parents Martin and Virginia Davis both died on Sunday, January 1, 2023. They were in their nineties. My father had been sick for a long while and in a…
January 5, 2023
Wrapping up the Year: Flower Close-Ups
Heading into a new year, I always like to look back through my photography of the waning year to see what I might have overlooked. Here are a few candidates…
December 31, 2022
My parents soon after they met
This is a photo of my parents, Martin and Virginia, taken soon after they met, probably in 1952 or 1953, and most likely on the campus of the University of…
December 27, 2022
Purple Tulip © Harold Davis
Harold Davis—Best of 2022
2022---another "interesting" year! Travel brought me to Maine, Colorado, France (twice, once in the spring and once in the autumn), Spain, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Professional highlights included the publication…
December 22, 2022
Fusion X-Rays
These two flower images are fusion X-Rays: one part medical X-Ray combined with one part light box photo. I created them last month in collaboration with my friend Dr Julian…
December 11, 2022
2022 PSA Progress Award
The Photographic Society of America (PSA) gives their Progress Award annually to recognize "a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the progress of photography or an allied subject.…
December 5, 2022
Home
It's great to be home. The image shows a ceramic bowl I bought as a gift for Phyllis in Orvieto, with lemons from our tree.
December 1, 2022
Mirror Selfie
I took advantage of the mirrors in my dressing room in the hotel in Trieste to create a "recursive" image along the lines of the Droste effect (immediately below). This…
November 25, 2022
The Second Creepiest Hotel Room on My Visit to Italy
Well, the "first creepiest" room was definitely the one in Orvieto that had a large reproduction of a painting of Death playing chess with his dying victim hung right over…
November 24, 2022