Val Davison
Photographer
Surrey, BC, Canada

CAPA Past-President
Member of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art, CAPA (MCAPA, ACAPA, FCAPA)

Val Davison is best known as an interpretive photographer.
She enjoys a spontaneous approach to photography and creating distinctive images. Val has given presentations and workshops at the Canadian Camera Conference as well as photographic conferences and seminars in Canada and the United States. She teaches photography courses in British Columbia .

Val presented “The Artist Behind the Viewfinder: Exploring Personal Style” at CCC Fall 2005 in Regina , Saskatchewan.

Val is an active volunteer in the Canadian Association for Photographer Art and serves as National President on the Board of Directors. Val’s unique photographic style has been influenced by her career in counseling therapy and an interest in the relationships between people and their community.

Advocating a distinctive approach to photographic style, her experience with wide-angle lenses and the use of juxtaposition of subjects combine with saturated colors to create bold images. A desire for spontaneity brings a hint of real life into her photographs. Unusual framing and angles add mood to ordinary scenes. Val prefers photographic prints. She uses 35 mm equipment and saturated slide films but has discovered the benefits of digital and her newer work takes advantage of the benefits of digital processing.

Val Davison enjoys presenting a personal interpretation in her work, vivid and imaginative. Val’s images are often described as distinctive and one of kind. Her Digital Slide Shows are noted for animation effects. She plans for viewers to reflect upon the intended meaning of the work presented. Val Davison is a past president of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art.

She has been teaching and giving photography workshops for more than ten years. Val presents workshop at photographic events including the Okanagan Photographic Arts Workshops at UBC in Kelowna, at Delta artShots and at national and regional photo conferences and camera & photo clubs.

Her new program for 2009 is: "DESIGN EXPLORATION, The Art Behind The Image"

Val resides on the Pacific Coast of Canada in South Surrey , B.C. overlooking the Canada-United States border.
She has been active in photography since 1990.



    Caroun Photo Club (CPC)