In 2017 she had a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London[2] and was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Hood Medal for Looking for Alice.
She studied painting at Bath Academy of Fine Art (1985) and social policy at the University of Brighton (1990).
[4] She was a psychotherapist for 15 years before taking up photography in 2014, which she studied at Plymouth University (MA 2014 and MFA 2016).
[1][4][5] Her photographic practice focuses on her family, community and self, and is informed by her background in psychology.
[8] Davey's teenage daughter Martha assisted with the creation of Looking for Alice.