Friday Feature: Greg Davis

Hi ya'll!

This is a bit late in the day, but better late than never!

I ran across Greg Davis at a local festival recently here in Dallas. He had a booth up selling his work and I happened to make it by when he was doing a presentation about his work and story.

Greg essentially started out his photo career about 5 years ago. He ventured out to do the thing I think so many of us dream to do: left his corporate job to spend a year traveling the world. The thing I love about Greg's story is that he's never really had much of a plan, other than taking chances and seeing where it goes. Originally he had no intention of being a photographer (and has had no formal training), he set out on the journey and took pictures with a $400 point-and-shoot camera along the way. It wasn't until a bit later that he and others began to realize he had a real talent for this photography thing.

Now Greg is traveling internationally several times a year to shoot and spending the remainder of his time traveling the US to sell his work at galleries, art shows and festivals. He still does not have a plan by the way... other than to just keep doing what he loves and continuing to put it out there. The "non-plan" plan seems to be working well for him, too. He has started to gain some recognition as an international photographer and just signed on with National Geographic to work on smaller projects with them as needed. I am definitely interested to see where this journey takes him and what amazing work he will accomplish in the future.

I think Greg's story is a wonderful reminder that we don't always need to have it all planned out. Often we get so caught up in having a plan in life that it keeps us from ever getting started. Maybe it's enough to just have the courage to explore your passion and put yourself out there - and let the plan unfold in front of you - one photo at a time.

Below are a few samples of Greg's work.
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