Richard Davis didn’t set out to be a photographer. He set out to see the world — properly, not as a tourist — and the camera came along for the ride.
Born in Wiltshire, England, Richard spent sixteen years living and working across four continents in the oil industry, in Libya, Tunisia, Oman, Brunei, Dubai, South Africa, and France, before settling in Houston, Texas in 2000. Photography was initially a way of making sense of what he was seeing and sharing it with people who hadn’t been there. It became something else over time.
His work is drawn to the imprint of humanity on the landscape — structures, surfaces, shadows, and the quiet evidence that people were here, or once were. He photographs deserts and cities, ancient geology and modern architecture, and finds the two have more in common than most people expect. He is not particularly interested in waiting for the perfect light. He is more interested in seeing what’s around the next corner.
A former Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Richard currently shoots with a Canon R5, an iPhone, and increasingly from the air with a DJI drone. He works in the energy industry and photographs in whatever time remains — which turns out to be enough.