Email: john@johndavidsonphoto.com

Phone: 646 256 2363

Based in Austin, Texas.

I’m originally from Manchester, England. One common response when people catch what remains of my accent is: ‘What are you doing in Texas?’ I have yet to come up with a satisfactory answer to this question.

Meanwhile, here’s how I got here:

My very first job was at a commercial photo lab. On good days I'd get to print images of local bands - The Smiths, New Order and The Stone Roses.

Being young and foolish, I moved to Los Angeles, with notions of becoming a fashion photographer. Three years of photographing model portfolios - printing the resulting images while balanced on the toilet in my tiny bathroom - cured me of such notions. I put away my camera and started writing for magazines instead.

I moved to Brooklyn, NY. In total, I published more than one hundred articles, and invariably felt like I was working for my own non-profit. I also attempted and failed to write two novels, and attempted and failed to avoid working in restaurants.

I picked-up the camera again - digital now! In 2008 I moved to Austin, TX. A friend opening a restaurant needed photography for his website, and I took the project on. I’ve been making pictures ever since.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST: Accenture / Hypergiant / Rackspace / Environmental Defense Fund / Pentagram / Volusion / ESO / Michael Hsu Office of Architecture / The New York Times / The Guardian / Texas Monthly / Newsweek / Fast Company /British Airways High Life / Food & Wine Magazine / D Magazine / Imbibe / Sift / Austin Monthly

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