MARTHA DAVIS

Welcome to my website!  It’s been a tough few years for everybody.  Here you’ll discover how I empower children to think about the many challenges we face and begin to talk about them without fear.  I use a light-hearted and playful approach and believe my work will educate and inspire both children and adults. I invite you to explore the way I see the world and join in my journey!  Check out the MY WORK section of the site for links to my dioramas, photography, films and books. Interact with me by posting comments in my BLOG. Enjoy the seniors living life to the fullest in my DREAM SCENES GALLERY. Have a look at the PROGRAMMES I offer:  one for seniors and four different ways kids can experience my DREAM SCENES  programme.  Consider signing up!  I also offer FREE school visits. My programmes are a little different from the usual fare.  I’m proud of that.

I’m a self-taught photographer, award-winning independent filmmaker, children’s author and retired elementary school teacher (TDSB 1991-2017) based in Toronto. I have an Honours BA in Drama and Cinema Studies (Innis College) and a B Ed from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, both from the University of Toronto.  Since my retirement, I’ve been collaborating with children on film and photography projects with a social justice theme outside the school system and running photography programmmes for seniors and children.  I sing in three community choirs, participate in two climate action groups, walk and cycle everywhere, talk to strangers and go to the movies once a week. 

About the Panda Diorama, above: I call it Rally for Change. My 104-year-old friend Petra, who lived through the German Occupation of Norway, said to me, “Never take your vote for granted.” I dedicate this diorama to her.