Sally Davies (born 1956 in

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) is a painter and photographer, living and working in

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's East Village since 1983.

Paintings

She achieved her first public attention in New York in the 1990s with her "Lucky Paintings" and "Lucky Chairs" exhibiting at the

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, and then at the

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. Following the Lucky Paintings were the "tattoo paintings", "product paintings", and the "furniture paintings".

Photography

Although primarily focusing on her paintings in the 1980s, Davies simultaneously began to photograph the East Village. In the mid-1990s she had a fire in her loft on Avenue A and lost almost all her negatives to that date. In 2000 Davies had her first solo photography exhibit at the Gracie Mansion Gallery in the East Village. The ''Alien Photos'' served as a visual bridge between her paintings and her photography. The final large-scale images consisted of dioramas that she constructed to house the 6-inch alien dolls in Barbie clothes in domestic situations.

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and East Village

Davies has been photographing

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since 1983. She received a

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Citation on February 6, 2014 from

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for her ongoing documenting of the

, and the neighborhood's socio-economic changes. Davies exhibited these photographs at the now-closed Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in

, in 2014 and 2015.

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In 2016, Davies traveled to

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. She photographed Venice and Santa Monica and the surrounding neighborhoods. Since then, she has continued to photograph

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, and

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as well as Western

New Yorkers

In 2021 Davies released the widely acclaimed book of photographs entitled “New Yorkers.” The book sold out its first edition 2 days after it was published, and went into a 2nd printing. As of April 26, 2021 the book is ranking #1 in New Releases in Street Photography on

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New Yorkers presents 72 intimate portraits of people in their apartments – along with their testimonies and tales and their observations on what it means to be a New Yorker. It captures a glimpse of New York’s alternative scene before its actors are washed away on a wave of gentrification. A cast of drag queens, store owners, doctors, dog walkers, psychics, cab drivers, writers, artists, tattoo artists, gallery owners, photographers, designers, dancers, and musicians (including such legendary New Yorkers as

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, and

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) reveal the diversity, creativity, and humanity at the heart of

McDonald's Happy Meal Project

After betting with a restaurateur friend that

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food did not spoil, rot, or go mouldy, Sally Davies purchased a

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from

and began photographing the food item daily, storing it on her kitchen counter. This commenced the "McDonald's Happy Meal Project". The project began on April 10, 2010 and went viral about three months later. The project demonstrated that the

looked the same as it did when it was purchased months and years later. On August 19, 2018 the

Project reached it 3051st day. It continues to be documented by Sally Davies.

In the media

Davies' paintings have been featured on: *

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") * Risa Bramon Garcia's film, ''

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'' * Her "Lucky Chairs" have been featured on ''

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'' and ''

''. Davies' portraits include

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on the cover of Winger's 2008 book "undiscovered" (Simon and Schuster 2008),

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in ''Everyone Comes to

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'' (A. E. Hotchner, Harper Collins Publishers, NYC, 2004), and

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's CD, "The Light That Guides You Home" (Warner Music Canada, 2006), and

's CD, "Skyscraper Soul" 2011 (Warner Canada) Her photographs of the 9/11 attacks can be found in "A Democracy of Photos" (Scalo Press, Zurich, Berlin & New York, 2002). In 2018, Davies art directed and photographed the cover image for

's album

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Collections

Her paintings and photographs are in the collections of

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, Phil Scotti,

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, Gary Lightbody of

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and others. Davies' work is also in the permanent collection of The Museum of the City of New York.

Bibliography

*''New Yorkers'', Ammonite Press, 2021{{Cite book, url=https://www.kriso.lv/new-yorkers-db-9781781454046.html, title=New Yorkers - Sally Davies - 9781781454046 - Book {{! Kriso.ee, language=en {{ISBN, 1-781-45404-3} *Street Photograph

"The Woman Who Took Ginberg's Apartment" March 10, 2017 *Huffington Pos

"New York City Photographer Sally Davies Hits The Streets of Los Angeles" by Michael Sweet Nov 12, 2016 *Huffington Pos

"Photographer Sally Davies Discusses Women Street Photographers York City" by Michael Sweet Dec 15, 2015 *ISO 400, A Podcast by The Phoblographe

"Sally Davies Talks About Photographing the East Village" November 6, 2015 *Women in Photograph

"Sally Davies New York City" November 30, 2015 *Huffington Post

"New York City in Color: The Photography of Sally Davies" by Michael Sweet July 14, 2015 *The Artist's Foru

Sally Davies New York At Night June 6, 2015 *PDN "Five Photos, No Words: Sally Davies" by David Carol November 11, 2003 *''100 Millimetri'' "Street Photography in New York: Sally Davies Interview" October 24, 2013 *Saatchi Online "SpotLight
East 4th Street Car by Sally Davies (photo only)
December 2010 *Refinery 2

"Why We're Scared of Happy Meals" August 26, 2010. * The Happy Meal Project by Sally Davie

"Press and Photographs of the Happy Meal" August 19, 2018. *A Democracy of Photos, Scalo Press Zurich, Berlin, New York, Sept 2002, pp. 710 - "Missing Brother" and pp. 711 - "I Will Not Be Terrorized". *''Loft'', Mayer Rus and Paul Warchol, Monacelli Press, New York, 1998, p. 106. *''Tattoo Review Magazine'', "Lucky Charm Art by Sally Davies", December 1997, pp. 17, 18, 19, 20. *''Hot Lava Magazine'' "Feature Artist Sally Davies " Sept. 1996, pp. 62, 63, 64. *''In Style Magazine'', "Objects of Desire", June 1995, p. 40. *''Elvis + Marilyn: 2 x Immortal'', Geri DePaolo and Wendy McDaris, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 1994, p. 130. *''Parachute Magazine'', "Sally Davies/Franc Palaia", Susan Douglas, July/August/September, 1994, pp. 50 – 51.

References

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External links

Sally Davies Official Website
{{authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Sally 1956 births Living people Canadian portrait photographers Canadian women painters Artists from Winnipeg Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian women photographers 21st-century Canadian women artists People from the East Village, Manhattan 21st-century women photographers

Paintings

Photography

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New Yorkers

McDonald's Happy Meal Project

In the media

Collections

Bibliography

References

External links

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and East Village