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This archive brings together years of published and unpublished work in one place.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
Aerial View of Paris Skyline at Dusk
Hôtel Longchamp Elysées Window, Paris

Hôtel Longchamp Elysées Window, Paris

A frosted glass window at Hôtel Longchamp Elysées in Paris features a cutout design of the Eiffel Tower and minimalist typography reflecting the hotel’s…

Gucci Pop-Up Footwear Display at Printemps, Paris
Gare du Nord Facade, Paris

Gare du Nord Facade, Paris

Gare du Nord’s monumental Beaux‑Arts facade is pictured from street level in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, France. The stone frontage features tall arched…

Brussels-Midi Station Platform with Train Tracks
Bruges Night Street with Bicycles

Bruges Night Street with Bicycles

A quiet cobblestone lane in the historic center of Bruges, Belgium, stands nearly empty at night. Rows of brick and plaster townhouses line the…

Bruges Canal Bridge at Night

Bruges Canal Bridge at Night

Medieval bridge on the Reie, Bruges at dusk. A single-arch stone and brick bridge spans a quiet bend of the River Reie in Bruges,…

Rozenhoedkaai Canal Houses, Bruges, Belgium
Bruges Markt Square Guild Houses Sunset

Bruges Markt Square Guild Houses Sunset

Evening on the Markt, Bruges, Belgium. Visitors cross the wide cobblestoned square as sunset light outlines the row of step‑gabled guild houses that front…

Gothic Buildings on Reie Canal, Bruges

Gothic Buildings on Reie Canal, Bruges

A row of red-brick Gothic buildings lines the River Reie in central Bruges, Belgium. The canal-facing facades feature crenellated rooflines, arched windows with red-painted…

Cobblestone Street in Bruges

Cobblestone Street in Bruges

A narrow cobblestone street in Bruges, Belgium, is lined with closely spaced brick townhouses and painted façades. The lane runs through the city’s historic…

Cafe Table with Menu in Bruges

Cafe Table with Menu in Bruges

A small café table set along a cobblestone street in Bruges, Belgium, with a menu laid open beside salt and pepper shakers and woven…

Abandoned SNCB Autorail 4001, Charleroi

Abandoned SNCB Autorail 4001, Charleroi

A decommissioned SNCB/NMBS Autorail Série 400, unit no. 4001, rests abandoned on a disused siding near Charleroi, Belgium. Built in the early 1950s by…

Monceau-sur-Sambre Cooling Tower, Charleroi

Monceau-sur-Sambre Cooling Tower, Charleroi

A 118-meter-tall cooling tower stands amid overgrown trees at the former Monceau-sur-Sambre power station near Charleroi, Belgium. Constructed in the 1960s as part of…

Charleroi Cooling Tower Base Overgrown

Charleroi Cooling Tower Base Overgrown

Dense vegetation surrounds the concrete base of a decommissioned cooling tower in Charleroi, Belgium. The structure’s massive form rises from a patch of overgrowth…

Crane over Rue de Fer, Namur

Crane over Rue de Fer, Namur

Looking along Rue de Fer toward Namur’s main station in Wallonia, Belgium. Historic brick and limestone façades line the street, with the HEMA storefront…

Thalys Train at Köln Hauptbahnhof, Cologne
Liège-Guillemins Station, Belgium

Liège-Guillemins Station, Belgium

Liège-Guillemins Station, located in Liège, Belgium, serves as one of the country’s primary high-speed rail hubs and a striking example of modern European transport…

Liège-Guillemins Station Architecture

Liège-Guillemins Station Architecture

The sweeping steel-and-glass structure of Liège-Guillemins railway station stands as one of Europe’s most recognizable contemporary transport terminals. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava…

ICE 3 Train on Berlin Rail Line

ICE 3 Train on Berlin Rail Line

A Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express (ICE) train moves through the rail network, distinguished by its white body and red horizontal stripe. The train belongs to…

Berlin Friedrichstraße S-Bahn Tracks Eastbound
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz U-Bahn Platform, Berlin
Berlin Wedding U-Bahn Station Platform Art

Berlin Wedding U-Bahn Station Platform Art

Wittenbergplatz station on Berlin’s U2 line features a distinctive orange-tiled design characteristic of the city’s postwar modernization of U-Bahn interiors. The platform level seen…

Wedding U-Bahn Station Passageway, Berlin

Wedding U-Bahn Station Passageway, Berlin

An underground passageway connects the platforms of Wedding U-Bahn station to its street-level exits on Müllerstraße in Berlin’s Mitte district. The corridor is tiled…

Wedding U-Bahn Station Sign, Berlin

Wedding U-Bahn Station Sign, Berlin

A white station sign reading “Wedding” in black block letters is mounted on an orange, small-rectangle tiled wall inside Wedding station in Berlin, Germany.…

Berlin Hauptbahnhof Lower-Level Platforms, Berlin

Berlin Hauptbahnhof Lower-Level Platforms, Berlin

Berlin Hauptbahnhof’s lower-level platforms, located roughly 15 meters below street level, form part of Germany’s central north–south high-speed rail corridor. The underground section, opened…

Berlin BVG Tram on Wet Street

Berlin BVG Tram on Wet Street

A yellow BVG tram glides through the wet streets of Berlin at dusk, its reflection faintly shimmering on the rain-darkened tracks. The city’s extensive…

Berlin Hauptbahnhof U55 Shuttle Train

Berlin Hauptbahnhof U55 Shuttle Train

A bright yellow BVG U-Bahn train marked “U55 Hauptbahnhof” stands at the underground platform of Berlin Hauptbahnhof. An information sign with an arrow hangs…

Brandenburger Tor U-Bahn Station, Berlin

Brandenburger Tor U-Bahn Station, Berlin

The Brandenburger Tor station on Berlin’s U5 line sits directly beneath Pariser Platz, adjacent to the Brandenburg Gate. The interior features dark composite wall…

U55 Platform, Berlin Hauptbahnhof

U55 Platform, Berlin Hauptbahnhof

The U55 line platform lies beneath Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Germany's central railway station. Opened in 2009, the short line was built to connect the station…

Swiss A320s at Zurich Airport with Tug
Airbus A320 Cockpit Preflight at Zurich Airport
SBB First Class Train Car Interior, Switzerland
Zürich Hauptbahnhof Underground Entrance

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Underground Entrance

Entrance to the underground level of Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zurich Central Station), one of Europe’s busiest railway hubs, serving over 400,000 passengers daily. The signage…

Zürich VBZ Trams on Seefeldstrasse

Zürich VBZ Trams on Seefeldstrasse

Two blue-and-white Zürich trams move through a broad, tree-lined avenue near the city center, a familiar sight in the Swiss metropolis where public transport…

S16 Departure Display, Zürich Flughafen
Migros Supermarket Entrance, Zurich

Migros Supermarket Entrance, Zurich

The entrance of a Migros supermarket in Zurich, Switzerland, is shown in this photo. The large, illuminated red sign spelling 'MIGROS' dominates the storefront,…

Zurich Airport Station Platforms D43 and D44
Viterra Grain Elevator, Minneapolis

Viterra Grain Elevator, Minneapolis

Viterra operates this grain elevator in Minneapolis, part of a network of grain storage and handling sites tied to Mississippi River and rail shipping.…

Viterra Grain Elevator Rail Dock, Minneapolis
ADM Nokomis Flour Mill, Minneapolis

ADM Nokomis Flour Mill, Minneapolis

ADM Nokomis Flour Mill in South Minneapolis was an Archer Daniels Midland grain-processing facility. The complex includes mill buildings, grain silos, and rail access…

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