About
Mark Davidson (b. 1984) is a photographer based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Mark was awarded Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographer (black and white category) by a panel of local and international judges (2022). He also won first prize in the Aussie Street Photography Festival competition and has been a finalist in LensCulture Street Photography awards.
He also won first place in the Istanbul Street Photo Festival prize for his series on Hong Kong, and has been a finalist in numerous other international street photography competitions.
Mark's work has also been featured in 'Reclaim the Street: Street Photography's Moment' (Thames and Hudson) by Stephen McLaren and Matt Stuart.
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Awards
2024 - Finalist, Oslo Street Photography Festival awards
2023 - Finalist, Gomma Black and White Awards
2023 - Winner, Aussie Street Photography Festival
2022 - Winner, Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographer, Black and White category
2022 - Finalist, LensCulture Street Photography Awards
2022, Finalist, HeadOn Photo Festival
2022, Finalist, Paris Street Photography Awards
2022 - Finalist, Miami Street Photography Festival
2022, Finalist, Gothenburg Street Photography Awards
2022 - Finalist, Urban Photo Awards
2021 - Finalist, Street Photo Istanbul Festival
2021 - Third Prize, Picturing Footscray
2020 - Second Prize, Mono Awards 2020, run by Australian Photography and Capture magazines
2020 - Second Prize, Australia Photography Awards, Street/Travel
Exhibitions
2023 - Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2023 - Aussie Street Photography Festival, Sydney
2022 - Head On Photo Festival, Sydney
2022 - Gothenburg Street Photo Festival, Sweden
2021 - ‘Shot in the Heart of Melbourne’, Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
2019 - ‘Street Beats’, Australian Association of Street Photographers, Melbourne
2019 - ‘Into the Shadows’, Victorian Archives Centre Gallery, Melbourne
Media
Interview - Up Photographers
Street Beats exhibition - The Guardian
Street Life podcast interview - The Pictorial List
Feature article - Soul of Street magazine
Interview - The Pictorial List
Mono Awards 2020 - The Guardian
Feature on Eyeshot Magazine
Feature on Street Photographers Foundation