About Caryn B. Davis
Caryn B. Davis is an award-winning photographer, a journalist and a best-selling author. She began her career in the media three decades ago as a producer, writer and cameraperson of television documentaries, an experience that enhanced her ability to create engaging imagery through storytelling. She’s been working as a professional photographer since 2000, specializing in architecture, garden and travel photography. Drawing on her years of experience, creativity, solid technical skills and eye for composition, her images are imaginative, well crafted and communicate her clients’ vision.
Caryn’s career has spanned the globe taking her to over 50 countries. Her article and photographs of the Azores were featured in The New York Times travel section, and she was among 11 photographers out of 100 selected for the Architectural Photography Issue of Commercial Architecture magazine. Her first commissioned photography book, A Connecticut Christmas: Celebrating the Holiday in Classic New England Style, is a best seller. It garnered high accolades in 15 newspapers and magazines nationwide. Additionally, Caryn was interviewed in the The New York Times, on NPR’s All Things Considered and on several television stations. She’s currently working on her second book, Connecticut Waters, due out in June 2020.
As a photojournalist, Caryn often combines her images with text and has created over 300 compelling articles on a variety of topics that have appeared in more than 60 publications worldwide including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Lonely Planet, Islands, Fine Art Connoisseur and New Zealand Geographic. She has conducted hundreds of interviews and has had the privilege of photographing and interviewing ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard; Lady Carnarvon of Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle; NPR’s Faith Middleton; Wayne Carini from the TV show Chasing Classic Cars; Johnny Winter’s guitarist Paul Nelson;"Zippy the Pinhead" cartoonist Bill Griffith; Bigelow Tea's CEO Cindi Bigelow; America’s Cup designer Olin Stephens, among many others.
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies." - Diane Arbus
Professional Affiliations:
American Society of Media Photographers
Association of Independent Architectural Photographers
International Travel Writers Alliance
Getty Images
Awards & Accolades:
2020 Featured in B&H Photo Video Explora Series for International Women's Day
2018 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
2018 Silver Award, National Association of Landscape Professionals
2018 Architectural Photography Issue of Commercial Architecture