Photo Archive

Photo Archive

This archive brings together years of published and unpublished work in one place. It includes ongoing coverage of life in Minneapolis, long-term projects like Minneapolis Uprising, and travel work from Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and elsewhere.

Where possible, images include captioning, dates, and location information to make the archive more useful as a long-term record.

Licensing and photo inquiries: chad@daviss.org

Recent Photography
Minneapolis Skyline at Night from Dinkytown

Minneapolis Skyline at Night from Dinkytown

Dinkytown, Minneapolis: Aftermath of NCAA Hockey Championship Loss, April 2023. The University of Minnesota campus area is shown at night following the Gophers' defeat…

JR Yoyogi Station Entrance at Dusk

JR Yoyogi Station Entrance at Dusk

As dusk settles over Shibuya, the illuminated sign of Yoyogi Station (代々木駅) glows against a deep indigo sky, marking one of Tokyo’s key JR…

McDelivery Three-Wheeled Scooters, Japan

McDelivery Three-Wheeled Scooters, Japan

McDelivery is McDonald's Japan's delivery service, launched in the country in 2011 and now operating from thousands of participating locations nationwide. Orders placed online…

Shinsekai Entertainment District, Osaka

Shinsekai Entertainment District, Osaka

Shinsekai, Osaka, Japan, is a historic entertainment district known for its dense clusters of restaurants, game parlors, and illuminated signage. Developed in 1912, the…

Coca-Cola Vending Machine, Osaka

Coca-Cola Vending Machine, Osaka

Coca-Cola vending machines on a street in Osaka, Japan, offer drinks and a local area map for nearby pedestrians. Vending machines are widely used…

Yasaka Shrine Chochin Lanterns, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine Chochin Lanterns, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto displays rows of white chochin lanterns beneath the shrine eaves. These paper lanterns are commonly donated as offerings and are…

Prada Storefront, Kyoto

Prada Storefront, Kyoto

Prada storefront in Kyoto, Japan. The luxury fashion house, founded in 1913, operates boutiques worldwide for handbags, clothing, and accessories. This Kyoto location features…

Diesel Storefront, Kyoto, Japan

Diesel Storefront, Kyoto, Japan

Diesel storefront in Kyoto, Japan, with its security shutters closed. The fashion retailer’s branding remains visible above the closed entrance.

Yasaka Shrine Tōrō, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine Tōrō, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, is known for its rows of donated tōrō lanterns. The shrine, also called Gion Shrine, is closely associated with…

Yasaka Shrine Lantern Stand, Kyoto
Yasaka Shrine Lanterns, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine Lanterns, Gion, Kyoto

Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto’s Gion district is known for rows of donated chochin lanterns hung beneath the shrine eaves. The lanterns are inscribed with…

Nippondo Building Corner, Kyoto

Nippondo Building Corner, Kyoto

Nippondo Building, Kyoto, Japan. The corner commercial building appears to house a small business and sits beside another low-rise structure along a street with…

Alley off Hanamikoji-dori, Gion, Kyoto

Alley off Hanamikoji-dori, Gion, Kyoto

A narrow side alley branching off Hanamikoji-dori in Kyoto’s Gion district, photographed in March 2023. This historic area is known for its preserved machiya…

Vintage Japanese Post Box, Kyoto

Vintage Japanese Post Box, Kyoto

A cylindrical orange post box on a street in Kyoto, photographed in March 2023. This style of mailbox—introduced in the early 1900s during Japan’s…

Tokyo Convenience Store Aisle

Tokyo Convenience Store Aisle

A well-stocked aisle inside a convenience store in Tokyo, photographed in March 2023. Japan’s major chains—such as Lawson, FamilyMart, and 7-Eleven—are known for their…

Osaka Shokuhin Sampuru Dessert Display

Osaka Shokuhin Sampuru Dessert Display

A display of shokuhin sampuru—hyper-realistic plastic food models—outside a café in Osaka. These handcrafted replicas have been a fixture of Japanese dining culture since…

Train Platforms at Kyoto Station, Kyoto

Train Platforms at Kyoto Station, Kyoto

Kyoto Station, located in central Kyoto, Japan, is one of the country's largest transportation hubs, serving Shinkansen, JR West, JR Central, and several private…

Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station, Tozai Line

Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station, Tozai Line

A quiet moment inside the Kyoto City Subway at Shiyakusho-mae Station, where the red-lined doors and bright vending machines reflect the city’s clean, orderly…

Yakitori Grill Stall, Japan

Yakitori Grill Stall, Japan

Yakitori vendors like this one grill skewered chicken over binchotan, a white charcoal prized in Japan for burning hot and clean with little smoke…

Omoide Yokocho Alley, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Omoide Yokocho Alley, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Omoide Yokocho sits just northwest of Shinjuku Station, tucked behind the tracks near the west exit. The nickname means "Memory Lane," though older Tokyoites…

Mulan Akihabara, DVD Game Hobby Shop, Tokyo
Chuo-dori Street, Akihabara, Tokyo

Chuo-dori Street, Akihabara, Tokyo

Akihabara grew up around the electronics stalls that filled the streets near Akihabara Station after World War II, when vendors sold radio parts and…

Gucci Ginza storefront, Tokyo

Gucci Ginza storefront, Tokyo

Marathon runners outside the Gucci flagship store in Tokyo’s Ginza district, their reflections merging with the pale blue marble of the storefront’s curved glass…

Akihabara Electric Town at Night, Tokyo

Akihabara Electric Town at Night, Tokyo

Akihabara, in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward, grew out of a post-war black market for radio parts into the city's best-known electronics and otaku-culture district. The…

Tiny Izakaya Bar Counter, Japan

Tiny Izakaya Bar Counter, Japan

This narrow counter belongs to a yatai-style izakaya, the kind of small stand-up or stool-seated bar common in Japan's older entertainment districts. Seating typically…

Crane Game Aisle at Gigo Akihabara, Tokyo
Slot Parlor Storefront, Kabukichō, Shinjuku
Community Road Sign in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

Community Road Sign in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

An older enamel “Community Road” sign in Shinjuku, Tokyo, photographed in March 2023. These signs—marked with コミュニティ道路 (“community road”) and a stylized map of…

Battery Aisle at Yodobashi Camera, Shinjuku

Battery Aisle at Yodobashi Camera, Shinjuku

A densely stocked battery display inside Yodobashi Camera’s Shinjuku complex in March 2023. Yodobashi’s in-house battery line is prominently featured, with signage advertising long…

Kabukichō Ichiban-gai Arch, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Kabukichō Ichiban-gai Arch, Shinjuku, Tokyo

The iconic illuminated gate marking Kabukichō Ichiban-gai, photographed in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Installed in the late 1960s and redesigned several times since, the red archway…

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Mask Sign

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Mask Sign

Printed notices from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government remind customers to wear masks except while eating, part of Japan’s ongoing public health etiquette during the…

Please Call With The Button

Please Call With The Button

A small black service button sits on a restaurant table in Japan, labeled with both Japanese and English text inviting customers to “Please call…

Inside a Tokyo 7-Eleven

Inside a Tokyo 7-Eleven

A 7-Eleven convenience store in Japan displays partially empty refrigerated shelves during what appears to be a restocking period or supply shortage. Packaged sandwiches,…

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