Thom Davies Photography

I'm new to this. Forgive me. ‎"Sometimes you have to stop taking pictures so your eyes can see again" - Henri Certier-Bresson

[daviesthom]

Love this guy 🐿 #california #usa #squirrel #sea #coast #hiking #nature #latergram (at Big Sur, California)

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Hiking by the Half-Dome, Yosemite: USA #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #california #usa #hiking #landscape #usa #mountains

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Nice to hang out with this clever human (geographer) #portrait #geography #california #aag2016 #usa (at Santa Cruz, California)

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Ground Squirrels on a grey day in Big Sur, California 🐿 #BigSur #california #usa #squirrel #wildlife #wildlifephotography #aag2016 #sea #groundsquirrel #MERICA (at Big Sur Coast)

[daviesthom]

Had a fantastic day hiking in Yosemite, California 🏔👀 I lugged my proper camera around in my bag the whole time but I decided to just use my IPhone. Sometimes I find 'proper' photography can be a distraction from just enjoying the day... #yosemitenationalpark #yosemite #california #hiking #landscape

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#usa #aag2016

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Flying asleep ✈️💤💤💤 #flight #AAG #airplane #sleep #slumber #picoftheday

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"I may not be the richest Reverend, I may not be the smartest Reverend, but I'm the Reverend that cares the most!" - a growing environmental justice movement is emerging in 'Cancer Alley', often unfolding from the pulpit. This region has the highest concentration of refineries and chemical plants in the Western Hemisphere: "We just can't take it anymore...." the Reverend continues #canceralley #Louisiana #Petrochemicals #toxicexpertise #mississippi #pollution #fieldwork #latergram #refinery #church#christianity #baptist #reverend #toxic

[daviesthom]

St Paul's baptist church, St James town: Louisiana. In the distance on the left you can see chemical storage tanks owned by Nu Star Energy. "When we used to have lightning strikes here one of the tanks would always catch fire" a local resident tells me. In late 2015 permits were granted for a new chemical plant to be built next to this church #picoftheday #canceralley #Louisiana #petrochemical #church #gas #mississippi river

[daviesthom]

Another beautiful morning in Port Arthur, Texas #petrochemical #pollution #refinery #smog #fog #oil #fieldwork #picoftheday #cracker #plume #motiva (at Motiva Port Arthur Tx.)

[daviesthom]

"What a disaster" #Trump

[daviesthom]

At a McDonalds on the Louisiana-Texas border: a US flag flies at half-staff in commemoration of former republican First Lady Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) 🇺🇸 #MERICA #Texas #NancyReagan #Louisiana #mcdonalds #justsayno #republican #flag #USA #picoftheday

[daviesthom]

Proud Mary keeps on burning. Mississippi, Louisiana: USA 🇺🇸 #Louisiana #mississippi #river #steamboat #USA (at New Orleans, Louisiana)

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"WALTER", buried next to the pipes, conduits and infrastructure of the Dow Chemical plant by the banks of the Mississippi, Louisiana 🇺🇸 #Louisiana #Petrochemicals #necropolitics #environmentaljustice #graveyard #cemetery #pollution #picoftheday

[daviesthom]

I've been fortunate enough to meet some really fascinating people in Louisiana 🇺🇸, including Darryl Malek-Wiley, who invented the term 'Cancer Alley', and is a life-long environmental justice ♻️ campaigner: "You've got to stay optimistic..." he tells me, "...because the alternative doesn't bear thinking about!" #picoftheday #environmentaljustice #Louisiana #neworleans #NotesFromTheField #Petrochemicals (at New Orleans, Louisiana)

[daviesthom]

Coming here at night to take photos was in no way really scary... 😵 #fieldwork #chemicalcorridor #refinery #jesus #picoftheday #graveyard (at Dow - St. Charles Operations)

[daviesthom]

"I know people who would hate to relocate, but you can't live somewhere that is going to kill you" - fenceline resident in St James Parish, Louisiana. #pollution #fieldwork #toxicexpertise #Louisiana #USA #geography #toxic #Petrochemicals #graveyard #necropolitics #picoftheday #jesus #refinery #chemicalcorridor