Ricky Dávila (Bilbao, 1964) holds a degree in Biology from the University of the Basque Country. He graduated in Photography from the International Center of Photography in New York. In 1991, he returned to Spain and joined the staff of the newspaper El Sol . From 1992 to 1993, he worked as a photographer for the Cover agency . He received the Fotogranprix award, the second prize for reportage in the World Press Photo competition, and the Ortega y Gasset Award for his series " Herederos de Chernobil" (Heirs of Chernobyl ).

Between 1994 and 1995, he was a photo editor at EGM magazine and collaborated with El País Semanal and the Contact Press Images agency . His project, Slaves of the Great Sun, was recognized with the 1995 Fotopress Award. That same year, he produced a photo essay on a Bolivian prison, Cochabamba, titled Under the Weight of Law 1008 , for which he received second prize in the Best American Picture of the Year competition in the United States. He participated in the first edition of the World Press Photo Master Class, which brought together the ten most outstanding young photographers from around the world in Rotterdam.

Currently, he works as a freelancer, dividing his activity between editorial portraiture and authorial reportage, and co-directs the contemporary photography magazine Submersia.