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David Foster

David studied English Literature at University College London (2000-03) and Photography in Bristol Filton College (2006). He currently lives in London and works for a photo agency.

www.dpfoster.co.uk

Reviews

Ed Ruscha - Paintings [17 February 2008]

I imagine that artist Ed Ruscha likes driving around Los Angeles. In his car the weight of traffic flow will dictate what his eye will light upon.  Depositories, construction sites, and warehouses play a dance of chance composition with  Read on…

Gagosian Gallery, London
5 February - 22 March 2008

John Stezaker - Marriage [29 November 2007]

Photographic portraits of the cinematic stars gaze at the viewer from the soft focus of a celluloid golden age. But something is afoot in past: John Stezaker has taken a blade to the portraits, clinically halving the figures to reform and repair the  Read on…

Karsten Schubert, London
8 October - 21 December 2007

Wolfgang Tillmans - Atair [1 November 2007]

Workshop, Bedroom, Gallery, Classroom. there's something of each of these in the layout of Tillmans' most recent photography exhibition. Huge framed images adorn the walls next to small prints stuck up with Sellotape. In the centre pictures  Read on…

Andrea Rosen, New York City
20 October - 24 November 2007

Mike Nelson - A Psychic Vacuum [31 October 2007]

It's raining so heavily that it's necessary to hop across a bridge of old plywood to reach the shop front entrance of Mike Nelson's huge architectural installation. However the inclement weather is not the only obstacle the viewer need  Read on…

Essex Street Market, New York City
8 September - 28 October 2007

Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar [26 September 2007]

Index of the unfamiliar? A checklist of photos from Taryn Simon's exhibition at the Photographers Gallery reads like a A-Z of iconic American cultural symbols: death row, plastic surgery, satellite news, playboy, great white shark, such variety  Read on…

The Photographer's Gallery, London
13 September - 11 November 2007