THE HOSPITAL CLUB PRESENTS
RICHARD FOSTER: BETWEEN SENSE AND UNCERTAINTY
ACCLAIMED STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER STEPS OUT FROM BEHIND THE LENS
WITH THE FIRST EVER EXHIBITION OF HIS PERSONAL WORK
MARKING TEN YEARS SINCE THE ACCIDENT THAT PUT HIM IN A WHEELCHAIR
WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO BACK UP – THE ORGANISATION THAT HELPED HIM REGAIN HIS INDEPENDENCE, IN HONOUR OF ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
PRIVATE VIEW THURSDAY 2 MARCH – PUBLIC EXHIBITION 3 – 5 MARCH 2017
The Hospital Club is pleased to announce the first ever exhibition of acclaimed still life photographer Richard Foster’s personal work: a collection of abstract and figurative photographs taken over the last ten years since the car accident which paralysed him from the chest down. Proceeds from the exhibition will go to Back Up a charity supporting those affected by spinal cord injury, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. The exhibition is FREE to the public from 3 – 5 March, with a private view on 2 March.
Richard Foster has been working as a still life photographer and director for over 20 years. Working mainly in the luxury goods industry, he specialises in making products look aspirational through beautifully lit, textural images. Richard’s clients include Burberry, Prada, Mulberry, Rolls-Royce, Vogue, DeBeers, Glenfiddich, Johnnie Walker and many more.
In 2006 Richard was travelling in Australia with his wife and three sons when they had a car crash. His family avoided lasting injury, but Richard broke his neck and was left paralysed from the chest down. After 6 months of rehabilitation at Stoke Mandeville, he moved home and with the love and support of his family he began to rebuild his life. It was around this time that Richard discovered Back Up, who were instrumental in helping him regain his independence.
Back Up is a UK charity that exists to help those affected by spinal cord injury. Their services include mentoring, wheelchair skills training and activity courses as well as support in getting back to work or school after an injury.
Richard Foster said, “Back Up opened my mind to the possibilities of being up a mountain, returning to work, or the even greater challenge of how to get up the curb on a London street. They focused me on what I could, rather than what I couldn’t do. To mark a decade since my accident, and 30 years of Back Up, I thought this would be the perfect time to step out from behind the lens and exhibit my personal work for the very first time, and I hope we raise a lot of money for a cause that is very close to my heart.”
10 years on Richard continues to do what he loves most: photography. Reinforcing his reputation as one of the preeminent photographers in the field of still life, his skills are called upon from all over the world. He recently published a critically acclaimed book of abstract imagery, Between Sense and Uncertainty.