Richard Forster (photographer)

Richard Forster
Forster in Geneva, 2021
Born (1940-11-08) 8 November 1940 (age 84)
Geneva, Switzerland
Known forNude photography
Websitewww.aphroditephoto.net

Richard Forster (born 8 November 1940, in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss photographer and mechanical engineer. He is best known for nude photography in natural environments. His consistency and perseverance produced an opus which brought him recognition beyond Switzerland and France.[1]

Career

Forster was born on 8 November 1940, in Geneva to father Walter, a linotypist and to mother Marie, born Wohlgemuth. They moved to Geneva in 1939 from the canton of Solothurn. He graduated in 1965 from the École Technique Supérieure, also in Geneva, as Ingénieur en mécanique (mechanical engineer).

He worked in chemical construction development, electromechanical and machine-tool sales, armament development. From 1981, he taught mechanics and other subjects in the Technical Vocational Training Center in Geneva.[2]

Photography

Forster obtained his first camera at twelve, a Kodak Brownie 127. Later, he switched to Rolleiflex 4x4 (gray) for black and white and the Voigtländer Vito BL for color photography.[2] He designed and made a waterproof box for the Rolleiflex with which he shot his first underwater photos during the summer of 1957, at the French Riviera.[3] In 1958, he took the photography course at the Société Genevoise de Photographie (SGP, Geneva Society of Photography) where he later also participated in teaching and other activities.[4][5]

Woman in Johannesburg, 2018
Woman in Bishkek, 2008

According to Forster he decided to advance his photography by traveling on money saved working as a gas station attendant during his school holidays.[2] In the summer of 1961 he hitchhiked to Hamburg, in 1962 to Italy, Yugoslavia and over the Cappadocia to the Syrian border of Turkey. In 1963, he and his future wife Anne-Marie Riedel traveled to Scotland, in 1964 they visited the Expo 64 exhibition in Lausanne and in 1965 the most western point of the continent, Sagres in Portugal. In later years the destinations were Switzerland, Sicily, Cyprus, Venice, Paris, the American West in 1994 and 1999, and Ksar Ghilane in Tunisia.[3][2] After the death of Anne-Marie in 2007 Forster traveled to Tunisia, in 2008 to China, Kyrgyzstan and Egypt, in 2009 to Vietnam, Kenya and Lanzarote. In 2010 it was Morocco, Paris, Japan; in 2011 India – Rajasthan, Cappadocia and Corsica. In 2012 he visited Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) and Cuba, in 2013 Iceland. In 2014 the destinations were Spain and Peru, in 2015 Myanmar, Tokyo and Brittany. After he met his new partner he traveled with her to Thailand and Jordan in 2016, in 2017 to Corsica, in 2018 to South Africa, China and Tibet, in 2019 to South India and Colombia.[6][3][2]

Although Forster's travel opus consists mainly of landscapes and reportage photos, he considers portraits as the best part of his travel photography.[2]

Nude photography

During the honeymoon in Portugal, 1965, he took the first outdoor nude photos on an Algarve beach. In the seventies he and Anne-Marie joined the naturism movement and during the family summer vacations on nude beaches Forster could meet models for nude photography among acquaintances.[3] Later he also did not use professional models, he met them during casual encounters and over the Internet.[3][2]

Forster and model, Corsica 1995

For his nude photography he chose the venues close to the water such as the seashore and rocks, sometimes also non-natural outdoor places such as empty urban spaces or abandoned ruins.[3] In 1987, during a vernissage of a photo exhibition of Serge Nazarieff,[7] Forster met Pierre Strinati, a biologist and caver who was also involved in cave nude photography. This led to own cave nudes in one of the Swiss show caves, the Vallorbe caves.[2][8] He also experimented with striped light effects on the body and with symmetrical, reflected compositions.[9] The issues concerning the nude photography could be illustrated by his citation:

Nude photography is, of course, always on the razor's edge. Everyone perceives the result differently, depending on their education, culture or age.[10]

Forster's works have appeared in photo magazines and books.[11][12] He has participated in national and international photo contests and his works have also been selected as photo of the year.[13]

Solo exhibitions

  • My muse, 1963
    My muse, 1963
  • Nude standing on a rock slope, 1994
    Nude standing on a rock slope, 1994
  • Semi-nude with feathers, 2005
    Semi-nude with feathers, 2005
  • Dance of the wind, 1995
    Dance of the wind, 1995
  • Encircled body, 2000
    Encircled body, 2000
  • Nude with a veil, 2010
    Nude with a veil, 2010
  • Tearing, 1992
    Tearing, 1992
  • Meditation in blue, 2016
    Meditation in blue, 2016
  • Hall of needles, 2011
    Hall of needles, 2011
  • Reclining nude in the wind, 2011
    Reclining nude in the wind, 2011
  • Nude on the back at the pool, 2009
    Nude on the back at the pool, 2009
  • Shadow on the wall, 2010
    Shadow on the wall, 2010

References

  1. ^ Forster, Richard; Dragović, Svetislav V. (March 2010). "I telo i duša" [Both body and soul]. ReFoto / Časopis za kulturu fotografije (in Serbian). Beograd: REFOTO. pp. 14–19.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Jakopin, Primož (17 November 2021). "Richard Forster / Beauty comes from Switzerland". Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Morel, Emmanuel (June 2015). "Interview flash / Richard Forster". PHOTO Magazine SGP (in French). No. 99. Geneva: Société Genevoise de Photographie. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cini, Patrizia (September 2020). "Ondines / Une nouvelle exposition de nus de Richard Forster" [Undines / A new exhibition of nudes by Richard Forster]. PHOTO Magazine SGP (in French). No. 162. Geneva: Société Genevoise de Photographie. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Portfolio". PHOTO Magazine SGP Best of collection 2019 (in French). Geneva: Société Genevoise de Photographie. 2019. pp. 15, 88, 90, 91, 100. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  6. ^ Gasser, Michel (March 2021). "Colombie / Richard Forster" [Colombia / Richard Forster]. PHOTO Magazine SGP (in French). No. 168. Geneva: Société Genevoise de Photographie. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  7. ^ Nazarieff, Serge; Strinati, Pierre (1981). Clair de roche [Light of the rock] (in French). Geneva: Bernard Letu. p. 40. ISBN 9782880510091.
  8. ^ Bekker, Henk (18 March 2016). "Exploring the Vallorbe Caves and Source of the Orbe, Switzerland". Geneva: Lake Geneva Switzerland. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Faites voir : composition symétrique" [Show: symmetrical composition]. PHOTO Magazine SGP (in French). No. 170. Geneva: Société Genevoise de Photographie. May 2021. p. 19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  10. ^ Jaquet, Corinne (March 1997). "L'amour de la femme" [Love of a woman]. Journal de Veyrier (in French). No. 5. Veyrier: Commune de Veyrier.
  11. ^ "Richard Forster / Portfolio sous-marin" [Richard Forster / Underwater portfolio]. Media Expert (in French). No. 6. Geneva: Editions Jean Spinatsch SA. December 2001. pp. 64–73. ISSN 1422-1098.
  12. ^ The Best of International Nudes Photography: v. 2 (in English and German). Berlin: Feierabend Verlag OHG. 2009. pp. 44–49. ISBN 9783939998044.
  13. ^ Forster, Richard (January 1998). "Anthurium / Bestes Farbbild "Akt"" [Anthurium / Best Color Image "Nude"]. PHOTO SUISSE (in German). No. 1. Basel: Swiss Association of Photography. p. 4. ISSN 1420-1569.
  14. ^ Fournier, Marie-Jo (11 February 1998). "L'heureuse nature des Américains" [The happy nature of Americans]. Coopération (in French). Basel: Coop. p. 33.
  15. ^ Resvard, Christelle (March 2004). "Richard Forster / Photographe amoureux du corps humain" [Richard Forster / Photographer in love with the human body]. Nouvelles Carouge (in French). No. 218. Ville de Carouge.
  16. ^ "Expo Richard Forster / Des Sirènes à la Galerie Delafontaine" [Richard Forster exhibition / Sirens at the Galerie Delafontaine]. Journal de Veyrier (in French). No. 33. Veyrier. March 2004.
  17. ^ "Prévessin-Moëns / Lumières des Intérieurs" [Prévessin-Moëns / Lights of the Interiors]. La Gazette de Ferney-Voltaire (in French). 12 May 2000.

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