About Margo Davis
Born 1944. Margo Davis is an American photographer.
Personal life Margo was raised in Connecticut and has lived for over 30 years in Palo Alto, California. spent time at the Sorbonne studying French literature,
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,
In Nigeria, Davis produced a number of photographs of the Fula people.
Davis has spent time lecturing at Stanford on photojournalism with the communications department. She has also taught photography at University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Santa Cruz.
In 2017, Margo's book Antigua: Photographs 1967-1973 was published by Nazraeli Press. At interview, Margo said she produced the book after hearing interest expressed at an exhibit in Antigua.
Publications
Editors,(2026), www.dodho.com, https://www.dodho.com/following-the-light-with-a-camera-by-margo-davis/
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Who is Margo Davis?
American photographer
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Margo Davis was born in 1944 in New York City.
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Margo Davis is a photographer.
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