Jack Davison

British photographer Jack Davison's oeuvre effortlessly embraces digital, analogue, black and white and colour photography. His works depict the human figure, architecture, animals, objects, landscapes and townscapes; yet his subject is always photography itself. Uncovering the surreal and the sensual in everyday life, Davison's use of chiaroscuro, framing and exposure as instruments of abstraction draws on the history of photography - extending through figures like Saul Leiter, Shoji Udea and August Sander. Meanwhile, Davison's works draw aesthtic parallel with artists such as Max Ernst and Man Ray which key him to a Surrealist inheritiance. Davison's playful and curious approach is shaped by the equally formative space of online platforms like Flickr and Tumblr, where he first developed his craft as a young man taking pictures in the Essex countryside. Davison received his first major commission from Kathy Ryan, photography editor of the New York Times, in 2016. His editorial wo...