Davis Balderston is a former government employee who has had time for photography since retiring late in 2004.  In September, 2005, he started classes at Photoworks, which is part of Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland.  Most of his work there has been with Mark Power, who was in the Corcoran's photography department. for 27 years.  He has also studied with Eliot Cohen, who teaches at Photoworks and the Smithsonian.  In October, 2008, 24 of his photographs exhibited at the Arlington Central Library.  In May, 2009, five of his photographs will be part of the exhibition "Across The Pond", at  the Beyond The Image Gallery in Norwich, England.

 

Davis moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1972.  Since 1990, he has lived in Arlington, Virginia, a close-in suburb of Washington.  One of his photographic interests has been Arlington, an older suburb that has been changing rapidly over the past decade or so.  He has also been drawn to what he calls semi-abstract nature photography.

 

He finds that digital photography fits his personality and photographic interests well.  He likes working in color, and digital technology gives him control over the printing process that he would not have with film.  Also, digital photography lets him work almost immediately with what the camera has captured, which he thinks helps improve the quality of his work.  The fast feedback possible with digital photography certainly helps reduce the frustrations and delays that go with working with film.