About Joeff Davis

Awards and Recognitions

2012 Winner Association of Alternative Newsmedia Best Photographer

2011 Honorable Mention Association of Alternative Newsmedia Best Photographer

2011 Named one of Atlanta’s “50 Most Creative Atlantans” by Common Creative Magazine 

2010 Winner Association of Alternative Newsmedia Best Photographer

2009 Winner Atlanta Press Club Photojournalist of the Year

Experience

Freelance Photographer, 1997-present

Selected editorial and commercial clients

Rolling Stone, New York, Spin, Huffington Post, Pitchfork, Associated Press, USA Today, New York Review of Books, Playboy.com, Atlantic Monthly, Chicago Tribune, Time Out New York, Time Out Chicago, CNN, Atlanta Magazine, Vice, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, The Sun (United Kingdom), People, Wikipedia, Village Voice, LA Weekly, Chicago Reader, Washington City Paper, Boston Phoenix, Baltimore City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly, Hartford Advocate, Valley Advocate, Las Vegas City Life, Texas Observer, Nashville Scene, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Washington Post.com, MSNBC.com, Men’s Journal, the Progressive, In These Times, Milwaukee Sentinel, CBSNews.com, Where, Guardian.com, Might, Salon.Com, George, Zmag, Fair, New City, Humanist, Common Cause, Crooks & Liars, Metromix.com, Citysearch.com, Microsoft, Mobile Oil, Allstate Insurance, Hyatt Hotels, Discovery Channel, David Lettermen Show, League of Chicago Theatres, University of Chicago, Universal Pictures, International Rescue Committee, Amnesty International  

 Photo Editor and Chief Photographer, 2006-present 

Creative Loafing altweekly newspaper (circulation 96,000), Atlanta, Georgia

• Direct, produce and edit photography for weekly newspaper
• Hire and manage freelance photographers, videographers, assistants and interns
• Shoot, produce, edit photo galleries for website
• Supervise production of photo archive of over 500,000 images
• Shoot, produce and direct videos for website
• Write articles, blogs and opinion columns
• Member of editorial board

Selected Solo/Group Exhibitions and Museum Collections

• “A New Animal” Jan. 21-Feb. 21, 2010: Solo Exhibition, Highland Ballroom, Atlanta
• “Political Frenzy” Oct. 12-Nov. 16, 2008: Solo Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Rated No. 1 Chicago exhibit by New City, Oct. 27, 2008  
• “50 Artists/50 Shots: We Are All Sean Bell - Artists Respond to the Sean Bell Verdict” May 2008: Group Exhibition: Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta 
• “Strange True Tales: 50 Photographs by Joeff Davis” Oct. 13-Nov. 25, 2007: Solo Exhibition, Composition Gallery, Atlanta 
• “Home and the War: Photographs by Joeff Davis and Peter Frey” Nov. 11, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007, Composition Gallery, Atlanta 
• “Midwest Photographers Project Portfolio Collection" 2004-2007 Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
• “People of Compassion and Other Strange But True Images” Jan. 13-Feb. 17, 2006: Solo Exhibition, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, Ill.
• May 1-June 22, 2006: Solo Exhibition, Heartland Café and Gallery, Chicago
• “Nelson Algren Birthday Party: 10 Images to Algren’s Prose Poem ‘City On The Make’” March 25-April 20, 2006: Group Exhibition, Acme Art Works, Chicago
• “A Perfect Union … More or Less” November-December 2004: Group Exhibition, Renaissance Society, the University of Chicago
• “Brothers” June-July 2004: Exhibition with brother/artist Muller Davis, Leadway Bar and Gallery, Chicago
• “Dancing the Revolution” November-December 2003: Group Exhibition, Hot House, Chicago
• “Inauguration Blues” January 2001: Solo Exhibition, Café Boost, Chicago
• “On the Trail See Them Run” September-November 2000: Group Exhibition, Stolen Buick Gallery, Chicago
• “Homegrown” July-August 2000: Group Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago    
• “On The Prowl” June 2000: Group Exhibition, Butcher Shop, Chicago
• “Images from the Campaign Trail” November-December 1997: Solo Exhibition, Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass

 Photographs Published in Books

• Punishing Immigrant, Policy, Politics and Injustice Edited by Charles E. Kubrin, New York University Press, 2012
• Reimagining Capitalism: Law, Economic Power and the Subprime Crisis By Professor Steven Ramirez, New York University Press, 2012
• Americapedia: Taking the Dumb Out of Freedom by Jodi Anderson, Daniel Ehrenhaft and Andisheh Nouraee, Walker & Company, 2011
• Human Rights by Tine Junge Nielsen and Christel Tajo-Hjenner, Gyldendal, 2011
• BMF: The Rise and Fall of Meech and the Black Mafia Family by Mara Shalhoup, St. Martin's Press, 2010
• The Highs & Lows of Little Five: A History of Little Five Points By Richard Hartle,The History Press, 2010
• Red State Rising By Tom Hills, Stroud & Hall, 2009
• The Americas: Where to Go Produced by Departure Lounge, Dorling Kindersley, 2008
• Real City Chicago: A Chicago Travel Guide Produced by Dorling Kindersley, 2007
• I Mean It From My Heart: Stories and Portraits In Chicago Blues By David Whiteis, University of Illinois Press, 2006
• Stonehenge Earth and Sky By Dr. Gerald Hawkins and Hubert A. Allen Jr.,Wessex Books, 2004
• Appeal To Reason 25 Years In These Times Edited by Craig Aaron, 7 Stories Press, 2002

Photography Instructor, 1993-2005