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Forster's work has appeared in the ''[[Independent on Sunday]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/philip-larkins-hull-marking-30-years-since-the-poets-death-10448345.html| date = 9 August 2015 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 02 September 2015 | publisher = [[The Independent]] | title = Philip Larkin's Hull: Marking 30 years since the poet’s death }}</ref>, [[Financial Times]], [[The Washington Post]], [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.traveller.com.au |
Forster's work has appeared in the ''[[Independent on Sunday]]'' <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/philip-larkins-hull-marking-30-years-since-the-poets-death-10448345.html| date = 9 August 2015 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 02 September 2015 | publisher = [[The Independent]] | title = Philip Larkin's Hull: Marking 30 years since the poet’s death }}</ref>, [[Financial Times]], [[The Washington Post]], [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.traveller.com.au/its-a-mans-world--20cea| date = 13 May 2012 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 02 September 2015 | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | title = It's a man's world... }}</ref>, ''[[The Sun-Herald]], ''[[The Hindu]],''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article1437770.ece | date = 2 November 2008 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | publisher = [[The Hindu]] | title = Bollywood goes German}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]],''{d ''[[Deccan Herald]].''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/294125/walling-up-history.html | date = 25 November 2012 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | publisher = [[Deccan Herald]] | title = Walling up history}}</ref> He has written and photographed for ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]],''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://natgeotraveller.co.uk/blog/rwanda-on-the-trail-of-chimpanzees | date = 20 March 2013 | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | publisher = [[National Geographic (magazine)]] | title = Rwanda: On the trail of chimpanzees}}</ref> ''[[National Geographic Kids]],''{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} ''Australian Photography''{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} and ''[[The Wisden Cricketer]].''{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} |
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In March 2015 Forster was named Journalist of the Year at the Holland Press Awards for his body of work on the Netherlands and Dutch culture published in 2014. http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/holland-press-event-and-awards-2015.htm |
In March 2015 Forster was named Journalist of the Year at the Holland Press Awards for his body of work on the Netherlands and Dutch culture published in 2014. http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/holland-press-event-and-awards-2015.htm |
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Stuart Forster is a travel writer and photographer from North East England.
Life and work
Forster's work has appeared in the Independent on Sunday [1], Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Sydney Morning Herald [2], The Sun-Herald, The Hindu,[3] The Times of India,{d Deccan Herald.[4] He has written and photographed for National Geographic,[5] National Geographic Kids,[citation needed] Australian Photography[citation needed] and The Wisden Cricketer.[citation needed]
In March 2015 Forster was named Journalist of the Year at the Holland Press Awards for his body of work on the Netherlands and Dutch culture published in 2014. http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/holland-press-event-and-awards-2015.htm
He has contributed to the books The Irresponsible Traveller: Tales of Scrapes and Narrow Escapes (Bradt, 2014),Driving Holidays Across India (Outlook Traveller, 2009), the 2010 winner of India's National Tourism Award for best travel publication in English; and Secret Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Best Hidden Travel Gems (National Geographic, 2011). He wrote about snake boat racing in Kerala (Stark World, 2006).
Forster was influenced and mentored by the late Indian photojournalist N. Thiagarajan, who described himself as "a pictorial photojournalist".
In May 2009 one of Forster's images, photographed during a demonstration in Delhi, India, was selected for inclusion in the UK National Union of Journalists' Photography Matters exhibition in London of fifty news photographs taken by NUJ members during 2007 and 2008.[6]
His work was exhibited at the 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China.[7]
Forster is also active in the field of intercultural studies (cross-cultural communication), in which he has developed a concept of Intercultural Photography.
Forster 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.
References
- ^ Forster, Stuart (9 August 2015). "Philip Larkin's Hull: Marking 30 years since the poet's death". The Independent. Retrieved 02 September 2015.
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(help) - ^ Forster, Stuart (13 May 2012). "It's a man's world..." Fairfax Media. Retrieved 02 September 2015.
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(help) - ^ Forster, Stuart (2 November 2008). "Bollywood goes German". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Forster, Stuart (25 November 2012). "Walling up history". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ Forster, Stuart (20 March 2013). "Rwanda: On the trail of chimpanzees". National Geographic (magazine). Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ http://www.standupforphotojournalism.org
- ^ http://www.pip919.com
External links
- Official website
- Stuart Forster's page on the Travelwriters UK website
- Walling Up History by Stuart Forster
- Bollywood Goes German by Stuart Forster
- [ - It's a man's world by Stuart Forster]