Biography

1949 Born Sedgefield, County Durham, England
1974 Graduated from Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
1976 Printer / photographer for Sotheby's, London
1976 First toured & photographed the West of Ireland
1978 Visiting lecturer at Blackpool College of Art, until 1981
1981 One year Photography Fellowship, Sheffield Polytechnic
1982 First toured North America
1985 Visiting lecturer at West Surrey College of Art, until 1989
1986 Chair of Counter Image Ltd, Manchester until 1990
1986 First book published, "Mist Mountain Water Wind"
1989 Visiting lecturer at Nottingham Polytechnic, until 1991
1991 Moved to Cardiff, Wales - from Stockport, England
1993 BBC Wales Arts Award, in visual arts
1995 Senior Research Fellow (one year) at UWIC. River Taff project
1997 Visiting lecturer at Swansea Institute of Further Education, until 1998
1998 Research Fellow at University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) until 2002
2000 Metropoli Project / Urban Dreams until 2003
2001 Moved to Liverpool, England


Individual exhibitions

1977 John Davies - Photographs, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
1981 Landscapes, Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
1982 Above and Beyond, Untitled Gallery, Sheffield, UK
1983 Durham Coalfield, Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1984 The Valleys Project, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK: Rhymney Valley p8
1985 On the edge of White Peak, Buxton Museum, UK: Derbyshire quarries p17
1987 A Green & Pleasant Land, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK p38
1987 Skylines, Viewpoint, Salford, UK: Rural landscapes 1976 to 1984
1988 Taking Stock, Stockport Art Gallery, UK: Landscapes of Stockport
1989 Autoroute A26, Mission Photographique Transmanche, Douchy, France p15
1991 Phase 11, The Photographers' Gallery, UK p29
1992 Italian Landscapes, Gualtieri Library, Reggio Emillia, Italy p18
1992 Cross Currents, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK p36
1992 Vigovisions, IV Foto bienal, Vigo, Spain p4
1993 Rhondda Valleys, Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, France
1994 Fos-Sur-Mer and the Industrial zone, Fos-sur-Mer, France p10
1996 The River and the City - Florence, Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK
1996 A Year and a Day, Visitor Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
1996 The River and the City - München, Barbara Gross Gallerie, Munich, Germany
1997 Through fire & water: the River Taff, Oriel, Cardiff and National Museum of Wales, p21
1999 Sguardi Gardesani, Museo Civico Riva del Garda, Italy p29
2000 Recent work, Galerie Cent8, Paris, France
2000 Sept Photographies, Centre Culturel de Saint Benoit, France p16
2001 Metropoli (part 1), Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK T
2001 L'Anse de Paulilles, Hotel Scribe, Paris, France p27
2002 Seine Valley, Gallery Photo, Rouen, France p32
2002 Metropoli, (London), Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK
2002 Untitled, Mediatheque Andre Malraux, Tourcoing, France
2003 Metropolis: Manchester, at both Manchester Art Gallery & Urbis, Manchester, UK
2004 Urban Dreams, (8 cities from Metropoli) Ffotogallery at Turner House, Penarth, Wales, UK
2004-5 What Everyone Wants, 44-50 Lord St shop window installation for Liverpool Biennial, UK
2004-5 Signs of Coal, Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
2006 The British Landscape, Photo España, Madrid, Spain p12