Lauren Forster is a portrait and documentary photographer; her work mainly addresses sociological issues and explores the human condition with her family playing a central role to her work. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally.
Lauren is currently a Senior Lecturer in Photography at The Arts University Bournemouth.
Awards:
Royal Photographic Society: International Photography Exhibition 163. UK, 2022
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize. UK, 2021
Winner of Lensculture Portrait Prize. New York, 2021
Finalist Royal Photographic Society IPE 163. UK, 2021
Finalist Head on Portrait Awards. Australia, 2021
BarTur Photo Award, shortlisted, 2021
Finalist Documentary Family Award. Canada, 2021
Finalist Portrait of Britain. UK, 2020
Finalist Head on Portrait Awards. Australia, 2020
Finalist Wellcome Photography Prize. UK, 2019
Finalist Portrait Salon. UK, 2019
Finalist Kuala Lumpur International Photography Portrait Award. Kuala Lumpur, 2019
Finalist Royal Photographic Society IPE 161. UK, 2019
Winner Portrait of Britain. UK, 2018
International Photography Awards: Photo Essay and Feature Story, Bronze award, 2018
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2018
Winner Source Magazine Graduate Photography. UK, 2018
AOP Student Awards, shortlisted, UK, 2017
Finalist Nikon Discovery Awards. UK, 2007
Observer Hodge Photographic Award, shortlisted. UK, 2007
Exhibitions:
RPS International Photography Exhibition | The National Trust. UK, 2024
Too Tired Project, A Testament to Loss. UK, 2024
ImageNation, Galerie Joseph le Palais. Paris, 2023
Lensculture Portrait Prize, Caelum Gallery. New York, 2022
Rotterdam Photo Festival. Holland, 2022
Pingyao International Photography Festival. China, 2022
Guizhou Photography Festival. China, 2022
Taylor Wessing, Cromwell Place. London, 2021
Head on Portrait Awards, Paddington Reservoir Gardens. Sydney, 2021
The Luupe, Group exhibition: 100 Visions of Fatherhood, 2021
Bournemouth Emerging Arts Festival. UK, 2021
Pen Gallery. UK, 2021
Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show 65 ‘Two Way Lens: Portraits as Empathy’ 2020
Photo Oxford: Women and Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen. UK, 2020
Head on Photography Festival. Australia, 2020
Helsinki Photography Festival. Finland, 2020
Yakushima Photography Festival. Japan, 2020
Auckland Festival of Photography. New Zealand, 2020
Wellcome Trust, Lethaby Gallery. UK, 2019
The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 161, Municipal Gallery. Dublin, 2019
The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 161. UK, 2019
PHOTOLUX Festival. Italy, 2019
209 Women, Open Eye Gallery. UK, 2019
Suwon Photo Festival. Korea, 2019
ILHAM Gallery. Malaysia, 2019
Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival. Japan, 2019
Bournemouth Arts Fringe Festival. UK, 2019
Solo Exhibition, God Has No Favourites, Gallery 101. UK, 2019
209 Women, Houses of Parliament. London, 2018
Beyond the Lens Festival of events: PHOTOBLOCK, The Old Truman Brewery. UK, 2017
AOP Student Awards, Mother. UK, 2017
New York Photography Festival. New York, 2010
Group exhibition, +One, AOP. UK, 2007
The Guardian & Observer archive and visitor Centre, 2007
Group exhibition: Mine, Candid Arts Trust Gallery. London, 2006
Publications:
Portrait of Britain Vol.3 published by Hoxton Mini Press, Worldwide. 2020
The British Journal of Photography, the Strength Issue. 2020
National Geographic. 2020
Featured in On Death, Kris Graves and Humble Arts Foundation. 2019
Portrait of Britain Vol.1 published by Hoxton Mini Press, Worldwide. 2018
Featured in 209 Women. 2018
Lauren is currently a Senior Lecturer in Photography at The Arts University Bournemouth.
Awards:
Royal Photographic Society: International Photography Exhibition 163. UK, 2022
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize. UK, 2021
Winner of Lensculture Portrait Prize. New York, 2021
Finalist Royal Photographic Society IPE 163. UK, 2021
Finalist Head on Portrait Awards. Australia, 2021
BarTur Photo Award, shortlisted, 2021
Finalist Documentary Family Award. Canada, 2021
Finalist Portrait of Britain. UK, 2020
Finalist Head on Portrait Awards. Australia, 2020
Finalist Wellcome Photography Prize. UK, 2019
Finalist Portrait Salon. UK, 2019
Finalist Kuala Lumpur International Photography Portrait Award. Kuala Lumpur, 2019
Finalist Royal Photographic Society IPE 161. UK, 2019
Winner Portrait of Britain. UK, 2018
International Photography Awards: Photo Essay and Feature Story, Bronze award, 2018
International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2018
Winner Source Magazine Graduate Photography. UK, 2018
AOP Student Awards, shortlisted, UK, 2017
Finalist Nikon Discovery Awards. UK, 2007
Observer Hodge Photographic Award, shortlisted. UK, 2007
Exhibitions:
RPS International Photography Exhibition | The National Trust. UK, 2024
Too Tired Project, A Testament to Loss. UK, 2024
ImageNation, Galerie Joseph le Palais. Paris, 2023
Lensculture Portrait Prize, Caelum Gallery. New York, 2022
Rotterdam Photo Festival. Holland, 2022
Pingyao International Photography Festival. China, 2022
Guizhou Photography Festival. China, 2022
Taylor Wessing, Cromwell Place. London, 2021
Head on Portrait Awards, Paddington Reservoir Gardens. Sydney, 2021
The Luupe, Group exhibition: 100 Visions of Fatherhood, 2021
Bournemouth Emerging Arts Festival. UK, 2021
Pen Gallery. UK, 2021
Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show 65 ‘Two Way Lens: Portraits as Empathy’ 2020
Photo Oxford: Women and Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen. UK, 2020
Head on Photography Festival. Australia, 2020
Helsinki Photography Festival. Finland, 2020
Yakushima Photography Festival. Japan, 2020
Auckland Festival of Photography. New Zealand, 2020
Wellcome Trust, Lethaby Gallery. UK, 2019
The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 161, Municipal Gallery. Dublin, 2019
The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 161. UK, 2019
PHOTOLUX Festival. Italy, 2019
209 Women, Open Eye Gallery. UK, 2019
Suwon Photo Festival. Korea, 2019
ILHAM Gallery. Malaysia, 2019
Mt. Rokko International Photography Festival. Japan, 2019
Bournemouth Arts Fringe Festival. UK, 2019
Solo Exhibition, God Has No Favourites, Gallery 101. UK, 2019
209 Women, Houses of Parliament. London, 2018
Beyond the Lens Festival of events: PHOTOBLOCK, The Old Truman Brewery. UK, 2017
AOP Student Awards, Mother. UK, 2017
New York Photography Festival. New York, 2010
Group exhibition, +One, AOP. UK, 2007
The Guardian & Observer archive and visitor Centre, 2007
Group exhibition: Mine, Candid Arts Trust Gallery. London, 2006
Publications:
Portrait of Britain Vol.3 published by Hoxton Mini Press, Worldwide. 2020
The British Journal of Photography, the Strength Issue. 2020
National Geographic. 2020
Featured in On Death, Kris Graves and Humble Arts Foundation. 2019
Portrait of Britain Vol.1 published by Hoxton Mini Press, Worldwide. 2018
Featured in 209 Women. 2018