Margo Davis

Margo Davis
Born Margo Baumgarten
1944 (age 7172)
Nationality American
Known for Photography

Margo Baumgarten Davis is a photographer, educator and author of several photographer's books.[1]

Personal life

Margo has lived for over 30 years in Palo Alto.[1] She has two children.[2]

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,[2] Maxine Kingston, Tillie Olsen, Ursula K. Le Guin, Diane Johnson, and Kay Boyle.[3]

In Nigeria, Davis produced a number of photographs of the Fula people.[4]

Davis has spent time lecturing at Stanford on photojournalism with the communications department.[5] She has also taught photography at University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Santa Cruz.[6]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 Kazak, Don (3 Nov 2004). ""Under One Sky" by Margo Davis". Palo Alto Weekly. Retrieved 2 Sep 2014.
  2. 1 2 Walker, Meg (12 May 1982). "Accidental moments and raffias". Palo Alto Weekly.
  3. Yalom, Marilyn (1 July 1990). Women Writers of the West Coast: Speaking of Their Lives and Careers. Capra Press. ISBN 9780884962045.
  4. Greth, Carlos (15 Oct 1985). "'Humanistic photographer' from Palo Alto records life of nomadic Fulani". Peninsula Times Tribune.
  5. Cline, Lee (2 Apr 1985). "Photo exhibit strong, diverse". The Stanford Daily.
  6. "Under One Sky, Margo Davis". Stanford University Press. Retrieved 2016-02-03.


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