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Exhibitions

Awards

Faculty, Lectures, and Seminars

Collections

Articles and Books

Clients

Exhibitions
  • "Abstractions of Sprint" group show
    Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley , ID
    2004
  • “Self-Inflicted Photographs”, group show
    Clockwork Apple Gallery, Chelsea , NYC,
    2004
  • “Ropes, Knots & Ties”, collaboration with Nelleke Nix
    SOHO20-Chealsea Gallery, NYC, NY
    2003
  • “SW Texas Photographic Society”, traveling exhibit
    San Antonio , TX
    2003
  • “Dorkbot group Show”
    COCA, Seattle , WA
    2003
  • “The Art Environment”
    Benham Photographic Gallery, Seattle , WA
    2003
  • “Art Expo”
    Benham Gallery, San Francisco , CA
    2003
  • “Objects”
    Gallery De Novo, Sun Valley , ID
    2003
  • “Valentine Show”
    Gallery De Novo, Sun Valley , ID
    2003
  • “Café Ladro”
    Seattle , WA
    2002
  • “Master Artists”
    Seattle Arts Commission Gallery Seattle , WA ,
    2001
  • “Beings”
    Benham Gallery, Seattle , WA
    2001
  • “Environment”
    Milan, Italy
    2001
  • “Illuminate Gallery”
    Ashland , OR
    2001
  • “Jeffrey Moose Gallery”
    Painted Door/ Alexis Hotel, Seattle
    October 2000
  • “AKA Photography”
    Benham Studio/Gallery
    September 2000
  • “Altered Visions”
    Macri Gallery, Portland , OR
    1999
  • “Young and Rubican”
    NYC, NY
    April-May 1999
  • “Benham Gallery”
    Seattle
    January-February 1999
  • “Altered Visions”
    Macri Gallery
    Portland , OR
    1998 First and Second Place awards
  • “Annual Christmas Show”
    Photo Center School, Seattle
    1998
  • “Photo Council NW Juried Exhibition”
    Seattle, WA
    1993-97
  • “SOHO 20”
    NYC, NY
    1998
  • “Reaching Out, Reaching Within” traveling invitational
    West Coast,
    1997-99
  • “Best of Seattle Annual Invitational”
    Art Institute of Seattle
    1993-97
  • “a k a photography” juried Polaroid exhibitions
    Seattle
    1995-96
  • “Photo Center School Faculty Exhibition”
    NW Center for Photography, Seattle WA
    1994-98
  • “Seattle Art Museum Photo Council Show”
    NW Center for Photography, Seattle WA
    1994-95
  • “Group Polaroid Show”
    Windsong Gallery, Seattle, WA
    1995
  • “Men about Woman”
    Nelleke Nix Gallery, Kirkland, WA
    Nov 1993
  • “East meets West” Group Show
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Aug, 1993
  • “Seattle Art Museum Photo Council Show”
    NW Center for Photography, Seattle WA
    1993
  • “Polaroid Transfer Group Show”
    Nelleke Nix Gallery, Kirkland, WA
    1993
  • “Davis Freeman, Recent Portraits”
    Madison Park Cafe, Seattle, WA
    Oct/Nov 1990
  • “Recent Portraits”
    Prolab, Seattle, WA
    October/November 1989
  • “Houston Fotofest 1988” selected for exhibition and inclusion in permanent collection
  • “19th and 20th Century Master Photographs,” curated by N Medwell, Seattle,
    WA Aug 1984
  • “Seattle Artists” Donnally/Hayes
    Seattle, WA, 1983 (See: "Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "4/ 8/83)
  • “LIGHTWORKS, a group show”
    Glover/Hayes
    Seattle, WA, 1983

Awards

  • Second Place, AKA Photography, Seattle , WA , 2000

  • Finalist, Association of Education Publishers' awards, 2000

  • Seattle Arts Commission, “Face of the Artist project”, 1999-2000

  • First and Second Place Altered Visions, Portland Oregon , 1998

  • Compassionate Photographer of the Year, The Rosewater Network, 1997

  • Best of Category, AKA Photography, Seattle , 1996

  • Award of Excellence, national juried Polaroid exhibition, 1993

  • Silver Medal, overall design, CASE, 1993

  • Kodak Stuben Glass award for community service, 1992 

  • First Place, commercial industrial, East Texas International Photography Contest, 1991

  • Second Place, commercial industrial, East Texas Intentional Photography Contest, 1991

  • Bronze Ribbon, magazine photography, CASE) 1991 

  • Honorable Mention, magazine publishing (photography), CASE, 1986

  • Honorable Mention , Maine Workshop Annual Show, 1985

  • Gold Medal, Faculty Portraiture, CASE, 1984

  • Special Merit Award, Photographer of the year, CASE, 1983

Faculty, Lectures, and Seminars

  • Dorkbot Seattle, COCA, Seattle , WA 2003

  • Frye Museum , the Art of Digital Photography, moderator, Seattle , WA 2003

  • Phototrust.com, webcast presenter, January 2001

  • Directions in Photography, Sponsored by FUJI “state of stock”, presenter, Seattle 2000

  • PhotoTrust Master Artist program, master artist, www.phototrust.com 2000-2002

  • Directions in Photography, Sponsored by KODAK 10 important
    photographers of the 20th C, presenter 1998

  • Seattle Central Community College (CC), Adjunct Faculty 1996-present

  • Directions in Photography, sponsored by Polaroid Corp, Illustratypes, presenter 1996

  • Northwest Center for Photography, faculty (business/portraiture),
    1994-98

  • ASMP’s Strictly Business, faculty, October 1994

  • Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Creative Portraiture, instructor 1994

  • UW Annual Extension Lecturer: Portraiture, the creative process, editorial, archictectural1985-1992 

  • Seattle Central CC marketing/portfolio, presenter, 1992

  • Everett CC Symposium lecturer: Directions in Photography, 1992

  • Bellevue CC annual lecturer, Bio-Medical photography program: Business practices, portfolio presentation 1979-81; 1990-92

  • Tacoma CC Photographic Symposium lecturer, Empowering Portraits with Feelings, 1991 

  • Boeing Camera Club annual banquet, keynote speaker, 1989 

  • National Geographic seminars, presenter, Bellevue , WA , 1991

  • University of WA Speakers Bureau, "History of Photography through
    Portraiture "Community groups include: Seattle Art Museum ,
    McClure-SPICE programs, 1980-85

Collections

  • Seattle Arts Commission
    Portable collection

  • Jon Kechijan
    Seattle , WA

  • Houston Fotofest
    Permanent collection

  • Robert and Fay Jones
    Seattle , WA

  • Zu and Alvy Ray Smith
    Seattle , WA

  • King Con Corporation
    Collection

  • CASE
    Permanent collection

Articles and Books

  • Polaroid Manipulations, featured artist, edited by Kathleen Carr,
    AMPHOTO, 2002

  • Polaroid Corporation, profile, PDN, Communication Arts, Camera Arts
    August 1999

  • Studio Photography and Design, profile, Summer 1999

  • NW PhotoMedia, profile, Winter 1999

  • The New Wedding Photojournalism, Seattle Bride Magazine, Fall 1998

  • Photo District News Website (PDN-PIX COM) Master Photographer
    Archives 1997-present

  • Photo District News, Davis Freeman “Illustratypes, profile, October 1997

  • NW Photo Media Magazine,  “Strictly Business,” authored, Sept/Oct
    1994 issue

  • Polaroid Test Magazine, Fall 1991 issue, article on alternative Polaroid process, profile

  • Photo Northwest Magazine, Feb /March 1989, creative profile
Clients


Davis provides exceptional corporate and advertising images for annual reports, executive portraitures, editorial, collateral, and publication photography.

Editorial clients include:


  • Newsweek
  • CIO
  • Fame
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Architectural Record
  • Prism
  • Scientific American
  • Polaroid Test
  • Computer World
  • BioPeople
  • Database Management
  • Infoworld
  • DBMS
  • Medicine Northwest
  • George
  • Internet Underground
  • Windows NT
  • Webmaster
Corporate clients include:

  • ICOS
  • KIRO Broadcasting
  • Spangler and Associates
  • Washington Mutual Savings Bank
  • Pentagram Design
  • Cf2GS
  • Microsoft
  • MetaPath Software
  • Airborne Express
  • MIT
  • Nordstrom
  • Starbucks
  • The Rockey Company
  • Waggener Edstrom
  • Wall Data
  • Knopf Books
  • Fisher Corporation
  • Sequent Computer Systems
Group and individual clients include:

  • Airborne Express, Board of Directors
  • Fisher Company, Board of Directors
  • Physicians Insurance, Board of Directors,
  • University of Washington Medical Center, Board of Directors
  • Washington Mutual Savings Bank, Board of Directors
  • Luke Helm, CEO, SeaFirst Bank
  • William Gerberding, President, University of Washington
  • Don Petersen, CEO, Ford Motorcar
  • John Nordstrom, Nordstrom
  • Brian Goodell, Director, Swedish Hospital
  • Bill Gates, Microsoft
  • University of Washington, Board of Regents
  • John Updike, writer
  • P.D. James, mystery writer
  • Norm Rice, Mayor, Seattle
  • Tom Wolfe, writer
  • Tom Brokaw, newscaster
  • Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist
  • Ossie Davis, actor
  • David Lanz, musician
  • Howard Schultz, CEO, Starbucks