Stuart Forster
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Stuart Forster is a photojournalist, photographer and writer from North-East England
.
In May 2009 one of his images, photographed during a demonstration in Delhi
, India
, was selected for inclusion in the National Union of Journalists
http://www.nuj.org.uk Photography Matters exhibition of fifty of the strongest news photographs taken by NUJ members during 2007 and 2008. The exhibition was held in London and has an online gallery.
He was influenced and mentored by the late Indian photojournalist N. Thiagarajan
, who described himself as "a pictorial photojournalist".
Forster's work was exhibited in Pingyao
, China
, at the 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival http://en.pipphoto.com/.
His work has appeared in newspapers such as the Financial Times
http://www.ftd.de, The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com, The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au, The Sun-Herald
http://www.sunherald.com.au, The Hindu
http://www.hinduonnet.com, The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com and Deccan Herald
http://www.deccanherald.com. He has written and photographed for magazines such as National Geographic Kids
http://www.ngkids.co.uk, Australian Photography, The Wisden Cricketer
http://wisdencricketer.com and Real Travel Magazine http://www.realtravelmag.com.
Forster is also active in the field of intercultural studies (cross-cultural communication
), in which he has developed a concept of Intercultural Photography.
An accomplished athlete, he earlier played national league basketball
in England and Wales for U.C. Swansea (1990–93) and Leicester Falcons (1993–94). He was selected to play for the University of Wales
in the British Universities Sports Federation championships in 1992.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
In May 2009 one of his images, photographed during a demonstration in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, was selected for inclusion in the National Union of Journalists
National Union of Journalists
The National Union of Journalists is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists .-Structure:...
http://www.nuj.org.uk Photography Matters exhibition of fifty of the strongest news photographs taken by NUJ members during 2007 and 2008. The exhibition was held in London and has an online gallery.
He was influenced and mentored by the late Indian photojournalist N. Thiagarajan
N. Thiagarajan
N. Thiagarajan was an Indian photojournalist and photographer who described himself as "a pictorial photojournalist."From 2002 to 2004 he was a member of the Press Council of India but it was in the field, as a practising photojournalist, and later as photo-editor, that N. Thiagarajan made his name...
, who described himself as "a pictorial photojournalist".
Forster's work was exhibited in Pingyao
Pingyao
Pingyao is a Chinese city and county in central Shanxi province, China. It lies about 715 km from Beijing and 80 km from the provincial capital, Taiyuan. During the Qing Dynasty, Pingyao was a financial center of China...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, at the 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival http://en.pipphoto.com/.
His work has appeared in newspapers such as the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
http://www.ftd.de, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
http://www.washingtonpost.com, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
http://www.smh.com.au, The Sun-Herald
The Sun-Herald
The Sun-Herald is an Australian tabloid newspaper published on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media. It is the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald. In the 6 months to September 2005, The Sun-Herald had a circulation of 515,000...
http://www.sunherald.com.au, The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
http://www.hinduonnet.com, The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com and Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
The Deccan Herald is a leading English-language daily newspaper distributed in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is published by the Printers Private Limited and has a number of editions in Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Mangalore and Gulbarga....
http://www.deccanherald.com. He has written and photographed for magazines such as National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids is a children's magazine published by the National Geographic Society. Its first issue was printed in September 1975 under the original title: National Geographic World .The magazine was published for twenty-six...
http://www.ngkids.co.uk, Australian Photography, The Wisden Cricketer
The Wisden Cricketer
The Wisden Cricketer is the world's best-selling monthly cricket magazine.It was created in 2003 by a merger between The Cricketer magazine and Wisden Cricket Monthly....
http://wisdencricketer.com and Real Travel Magazine http://www.realtravelmag.com.
Forster is also active in the field of intercultural studies (cross-cultural communication
Cross-cultural communication
Cross-cultural communication is a field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavour to communicate across cultures.- Origins :The Cold War, the United States economy...
), in which he has developed a concept of Intercultural Photography.
An accomplished athlete, he earlier played national league basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
in England and Wales for U.C. Swansea (1990–93) and Leicester Falcons (1993–94). He was selected to play for the University of Wales
University of Wales
The University of Wales was a confederal university founded in 1893. It had accredited institutions throughout Wales, and formerly accredited courses in Britain and abroad, with over 100,000 students, but in October 2011, after a number of scandals, it withdrew all accreditation, and it was...
in the British Universities Sports Federation championships in 1992.