Margo Davis
| Margo Davis | |
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| Born |
Margo Baumgarten 1944 (age 72–73) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
UC Berkeley (BA)[1] San Jose State University (MA)[2] |
| Known for | Fine Art Portraiture, Documentary Photography |
| Spouse(s) |
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Margo Baumgarten Davis is a photographer, educator and author of several photographer's books.[2]
Personal life
Margo was raised in Connecticut and has lived for over 30 years in Palo Alto.[2][1] She attended Bennington College,[4] spent time at the Sorbonne[2] and graduated from UC Berkeley where she met her first husband Gregson Davis and traveled frequently to his home country of Antigua.[5][1] She has a daughter, Anika and a son, Julian.[6][3][7]
Photography career
Davis has produced photography in Paris, Italy, Nigeria and in the Caribbean, and has done a significant amount of portraiture. Davis has photographed Saul Bellow,[6] Maxine Kingston, Tillie Olsen, Ursula K. Le Guin, Diane Johnson, and Kay Boyle.[8]
In Nigeria, Davis produced a number of photographs of the Fula people.[9]
Davis has spent time lecturing at Stanford on photojournalism with the communications department.[10] She has also taught photography at University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Santa Cruz.[11]
In 2016 Margo's book Antigua: Photographs 1967-73 was published by Nazraeli Press. At interview, Margo said she produced the book after hearing interest expressed at an exhibit in Antigua.[12]
Publications
- Antigua Black; Portrait of an Island People. ISBN 978-0-912-02030-3[13]
- Antigua: Photographs 1967-73. ISBN 978-1-59005-448-2
- The Stanford Album: A Photographic History, 1885-1945. ISBN 978-0-804-71639-0
- Under One Sky. ISBN 0-8047-4266-9
- Women Writers of the West Coast: Speaking of Their Lives and Careers (photographer) ISBN 0-88496-204-0
External links
References
- 1 2 3 Were, Natasha. "Days of Yore - Photographer Margo Davis". RealLife. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Kazak, Don (3 Nov 2004). ""Under One Sky" by Margo Davis". Palo Alto Weekly. Retrieved 2 Sep 2014.
- 1 2 "Weddings;Anika Davis, Eliot Pratt". New York Times. 27 August 2000. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ↑ "The Landscape of the Face". The Magazine. Bennington College. 2005. p. 12-15. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ↑ "Parallel Lives". MD Magazine. Vol. 27. March 1983.
- 1 2 Walker, Meg (12 May 1982). "Accidental moments and raffias". Palo Alto Weekly.
- ↑ "Margo Davis". Gentry Magazine. June 1995.
- ↑ Yalom, Marilyn (1 July 1990). Women Writers of the West Coast: Speaking of Their Lives and Careers. Capra Press. ISBN 9780884962045.
- ↑ Greth, Carlos (15 Oct 1985). "'Humanistic photographer' from Palo Alto records life of nomadic Fulani". Peninsula Times Tribune.
- ↑ Cline, Lee (2 Apr 1985). "Photo exhibit strong, diverse". The Stanford Daily.
- ↑ "Under One Sky, Margo Davis". Stanford University Press. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ↑ Paull, Laura (5 January 2017). "A photographer who shoots under one sky". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "Antigua Black". Creative Camera. October 1973.