Jack Davison British, b. 1990

Jack Davison depicts the human figure, architecture, animals, objects, landscapes and townscapes; yet his subject is always photography itself. Uncovering the surreal and the sensual in everyday life, Davison's use of chiaroscuro, framing and exposure as instruments of abstraction draws on the history of photography. Parallels have also been made with Max Ernst and Man Ray, keying him into a Surrealist inheritance.

Davison received his first major commission from Kathy Ryan, Photography Director of The New York Times Magazine, in 2016. That same year, he published his first monograph, Photographs (Loose Joints), now in its third reissue. This was followed by Song Flowers, a collaboration with the fashion label Marni (2020); Ol Pejeta, centred on the world's last two northern white rhinos at the Kenyan wildlife conservancy of the same name (2021); and Portraits, London: 13–15 November (2026). 

In 2024, he directed and premiered his first moving image work, A is For Ant, a living alphabet created in collaboration with award-winning production designer Shona Heath. In the same year, his work entered the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. 

His solo exhibitions include Portraits: 14–16 November, his second solo exhibition with Cob Gallery, London (2026); Photographic Etchings at Cob Gallery, London (2022); and Revisiting Pictures at Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (2016). Selected group exhibitions include Animal Model at Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (2026); Animal Model at Les Rencontres d'Arles, France (2026); and Best of the Night of the Year at Les Rencontres d'Arles, France (2026), featuring A is For Ant.