Paul Harcourt Davies: Getting Close Up to Macro Photography

Paul Harcourt Davies has been invited to speak at WildPhotos 2012, a must-see event in the wildlife photography industry calendar. This year it will take place on the 19 and 20 of October at the Royal Geographical Society in London. We recently interviewed Davies about his conservationist and close-up work.

Davies says that “virtually all the projects I am now involved with have an element of ‘close to home.’”

This is the second time Davies has been invited to be a speaker at WildPhotos. He was there in 2008 and is returning. He considers “an honor.” Currently based in Italy, Davies is a British writer, photographer and passionate environmentalist who has written 17 books (running to 46 editions in various languages) and numerous articles for various publications.

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The MYN project

He is a member of the Meet Your Neighbours project (MYN), a collective of photographers who want to show the world the wildlife living close to our own doors. This is a natural option for Paul as “virtually all the projects I am now involved with have an element of ‘close to home.’”
That was the subject of the presentation he gave at WildPhotos 2008 and something he is deeply committed to. Raising awareness of “what is around us through my photographs and also… ensuring the highest possible standards of integrity in nature photography, without that,” he continues, “credibility vanishes.”

Davies at work, during a photography close-up session, something he has done for years.

This year Davies has two presentations at WildPhotos, one on the 19th October, “Close focus and wRead more:
Paul Harcourt Davies: Getting Close Up to Macro Photography