Marcus Davies is one of my preferred photographers as i found his work extremely inspirational and the technique he used was extraordinary and not thought of before and if so adapted from a known artist in his own style.
Marcus Davies comes from an artistic family, his father was an artist and now he is a photographer. Marcus went to Falmouth school of art where he undertook his studies in photography which lead him to where he is today. Marcus was set on becoming a documentary photographer but chose a different route which lead him down a different route, this route being all focused on a “project”.
Marcus Davies is a very well known photographer and has one rule when it comes to getting jobs;
Picking up the phone is the only way you are going to get anywhere in life, may it be for a job or an inquiry, do never reject a phone call as it could be your lucky break
To be able to get the best photo be it quality or quantity you have to become part of the action, for example; when at events you have to get closer and therefore this sometimes implies you getting into the crowd and sometimes actually up where the action is taking place. When he took a photograph at a music festival he found out that after taking over sixty shots the one that he thought was the least effective photograph turned out to be the most effective. This also lead to him doing a project on merely mistakes!
Going back to what i referred to earlier, Marcus focused his project on overexposed images that turned out to be extremely successful and therefore continued with this path and sold many images like this one located above.
What I really enjoyed about this visiting lecturer was the presentation, it was serious and extremely entertaining at the same time which helped you understand and keep the focus on the subject in hand. Even though it was funny at times you still had the part of “learning” involved and after a long lecture it can really help. I especially liked when he lead us in with a story of himself and as a young boy in “red shorts” this really was just showing us that he started from scratch, which he then explained about his background.
This project he has been working on has given me the push to go out there and really start to look at things in a different way and trying to overcome the “traditional or standard” photo’s that other photographers take in our days. So now I have started my own project on overexposed images but on the formation of the sky, as here in the UK the weather is definitely something you can count on for very contrasting pictures.
Focused Photography 