Biography
Caroline Davies is an internationally known editorial and fine art photographer. Work is included in the permanent collections of The Getty Center Library in Los Angeles, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the photography collection of Elton John, and other private collections around the world. John Stevenson Gallery, a renowned photography gallery in New York, represented her work on the East Coast until John Stevenson’s recent retirement. Henson Recording Studio in Hollywood, also houses a large collection of work. Caroline is featured as a portfolio artist in the annual edition of Fountains Press “Photography and Imaging Yearbook: 2002”. Caroline’s photographs have been seen on the front covers of U.S. News and World Report. L.A. Architect, and Phenomena Magazine... The front covers of Mainstream Publishing’s “A-Z of Egypt” by Simon Cox and the “A-Z of Arthurian Legends”, inside spreads in Conde Nast Traveler, Newsweek, Time Life, Notes, L.A. Architect, Phenomena Magazine, Britain’s Marshal Cavendish Publications,Sub-Rosa PDF Magazine, the recently released “Rosslyn and the Grail” and many other international publications and also U.S. Editor, Duat Magazine 2005 - 2006, and editor for the RIBA-USA “Lifestyle and Culture” column on their web. Commercially her work has been used by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Organizations, The Luxor Museum, Egypt’s Pullman Hotels, BBC TV (U.K.), NBC TV, CBS TV and several documentary and design companies, Jim Henson Company, Henson Recording Studios, The British Tourist Authority, The Mexican Tourist Authority and several small luxury hotels in Mexico. Caroline was also the expedition photographer and contributing producer of the controversial Emmy nominated and award winning television documentary “Mystery of the Sphinx”.
Peru: Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley - Where Heaven Meets Earth
Photographic essay on the architecture of the Inca Empire.
Sponsors: Reginald Olsen, The Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel
Mexico: Dawn, Dusk, Ritual and Afterlife
Documents the sacred art and architecture of the ancient archeological sites, basilicas, missions and today’s descendants of the master builders of Mexico. Most of the archeological zones, particularly in the Yucatan have been photographed as well as festivals such as Noches des Muertos, The Festival of Guadalupe and the rising sun ceremony at Teotihuacan on the Vernal Equinox.
Sponsors: The Mexican Government Tourist Authority, Mexicana Airlines.
Our Spirit Through Architecture: The Legacy of Great Britain
A photographic adventure involving many months and more than 17,000 miles driven collectively throughout the British Isles documenting the stone antiquities endowed to us by ancient civilizations, ruins of broken down abbeys, and majestic Cathedrals, Stonehenge, and AveburyStone Circle.
Sponsors: Trans World Airlines, The British Tourist Authority, Kenning Car Rentals, Scottish P&O Shipping Lines, Caledonian MacBrayne and several of Britain’s small luxury hotels.
Beneath the Haze: Art and Architecture in Los Angeles. A project about paradox. One of the most striking elements of contemporary architecture in Los Angeles is the use of unrelenting, provocative advertising on most spare walls that can be found in the city. What intrigues me about the “blast the senses” advertising where ever you go is the paradox of values. Selling one thing and using advertising techniques that can be really confusing in the sense of integrity. The project documents contemporary life and architecture in Los Angeles, giving it a time frame wrapped in commercial art. Film provided by Ilford Film and Imaging, thank you so much!
Lectures:
Caroline has lectured at The Getty Conservation Institute, The Royal Institute of British Architects and American Institute of Architects - Los Angeles, The Philosophical Research Society, and for d’overbroeck’s School in Oxford, England, The Egyptian Tourist Authority, Trans World Airlines, The Sierra Club, Women In Travel, Calumet/Fuji Film and many other venues in Los Angeles.
In May, 2004 Caroline was invited to join a delegation with six architects from the Royal Institute of British Architects to Beijing and Zhengzhou in Henan Province for a cross cultural exchange and forum on architecture, sustainable living, and urban design by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade). The delegation from the United States and Britain were all key note speakers.
Fine Art Photography Sponsors:
Ilford Imaging, U.S.A. Photospeed, England
In The World of Architecture:
Affiliate member of The Royal Institute of British Architects and General Secretary of the Board of Directors for the California Chapter of RIBA-USA until 2008
Photographic and Exhibition Advisor to Royal Institute of British Architects - U.S.A. California Chapter, 12/03-2008.
Book and Video Reviews include: “Ecodesign” by Ken Yeang, “Design for Life” by Sim Van Der Ryn, “Green by Design” by Angela Dean, “Redux: Designgs that Re-Use, Re-Cycle, Reveal” by Jennifer Roberts. Video “Going Green - Every Home an Eco Home”.
Creator and Co-Director of the international architectural competition: “Building A Sustainable World: Life in the Balance” 2006-2007
http://riba-usa.org/Competitions/index.htm
General Secretary of the Board of Directors for the California Chapter of RIBA-USA 2005-2008
Editor for:
Editor “Lifestyle and Culture”, RIBA-USA.ORG web site. “Master Builders of the Past” Series: Machu Picchu, Peru, Tiantan - Temple of Heaven - China
http://riba-usa.org/Lifestyle/04-Master%20builders%202/masterbuilders2.htm
Phenomena Magazine, 2004 and U.S. Editor for “Duat Magazine” 2005
