Craig
Davis – President/Owner
Craig Davis Photography
Marblehead, Massachusetts and Nice, France
Craig Davis
has had two professions, finance/banking and photography
and journalism, working in the United States, London and
the south of France. Initially, Davis spent 17 years in
the financial world. Following a long passion for sailing
and photography, he left the corporate banking world in
1990 and turned to photography and journalism.
Photography
and Journalism (1990 to present)
For the
past 12 years, Davis has covered three major categories
in photography and journalism, "races, places and
faces." Specifically, this has included:
-Sporting
events, in particular
professional yacht racing and Formula One;
-Celebrity events,
including the Cannes
Film Festival, and the Laureus Sports Awards in Monaco;
-Well-known personalities
including Sean Connery, Michael Douglas, Michael Jordan
and Catherine Zeta-Jones;
-The outdoor and wintersports
industries;
-Corporate communications
projects for annual
reports and promotions and brochures;
-Residential and commercial
real estate in Europe
and the United States.
His
stories and photos have appeared in magazines and on covers
worldwide, including, Boston Magazine, North Shore Magazine,
The TV Guide, ShowBoats International, Reuters, and with
many other publications through his agencies, in New York
(Corbis) and DPPI in Paris.
Davis has offices in
Marblehead, Massachusetts, close to Boston and near Nice
and Monaco in the South of France. His work has appeared
at the Nikon House in New York City and at the Mystic
Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. Presently, he serves
as the European and New England editor for Showboats International
magazine.
PHOTOGRAPHY
General
sporting events include:
•
Formula One
• Historic Grand Prix
• Laureus Sports Awards
• Four America’s Cups
• Whitbread (now called Volvo Ocean Race)
• BOC (Now the Around Alone Race) |
Specific
Sailing Events:
•
Four America’s Cups (photographer for Dennis
Conner in 1995)
• Numerous Maxi Worlds
• The 50 Foot circuit
• Nautica US and World Youth Championships
• The Omega Match Race Circuit
• 1991-92 Moved to San Diego to cover the
America’s Cup. Had contracts with five magazines
to provide coverage beginning one year prior to
the Cup. Seahorse Magazine (the Spy Diary), Yate-Spain,
Mondo Barca-Italy, Kazi-Japan, and Boating New Zealand.
Had one-man exhibitions at the America’s Cup
Museum, Nikon House in New York and at the Mystic
Seaport Museum. . Worked with clients including:
OMEGA, NAUTICA, LEWMAR, COORS, AMERICA3 and HARKEN.
|
Celebrities/Celebrity
Events including:
•
Four Cannes Film Festivals
• Five World Music Awards
• Three Laureus Sports Awards
• Michael Jackson
• Cher
• Michael Jordan
• Sean Connery
• Sylvester Stallone |
Wintersports/Outdoor
Industry
•
Moncler apparel launch in the U.S.
• Vibram
• Snowsports Industries America (SIA) Trade
Show in Las Vegas
|
Corporate
Communications Work
•
Corum Watches
• DuPont & Nemours
• Genzyme
• Harken
• Lewmar
• Nautica
• Omega |
Real
Estate/Yachts
•
Villas in France
• Houses and commercial properties in Massachusetts
• Numerous private yachts around the world
|
JOURNALISM
Davis
has written for a respected group of magazines including:
•
Batnytt, Segling (Scandinavia)
• Boote Exclusiv, Yacht and Boote (Germany)
• Kazi (Japan)
• Sail
• Sailing World
• ShowBoats International
• The Robb Report
• Yacht Capital and Fare Vela (Italy)
• Yachting World and Seahorse (UK)
• Yate and Grand Esloras (Spain)
