[1] He grew up in coal mining and farming communities, and this combination of open space and industry was to become a persistent motif in his creative work.
In 1981, Davies won a one-year photography fellowship at Sheffield Polytechnic, and he became senior research fellow at the Art School of University of Wales Cardiff (UWIC) in 1995.
While his career began by producing traditional, but masterful, landscape images he quickly progressed to composition where the natural environment was juxtaposed against industrial elements impinging on it.
Davies' style was a major influence on the practice of noted art photographer Andreas Gursky.
[4] In 2008, Davies was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, organised by The Photographers' Gallery.