Stuart Forster is a photographer and features writer.

His images and stories have appeared in publications including The Washington Post, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The Wisden Cricketer and Real Travel Magazine. His feature on the Kaveri river, which flows through southern India, was nominated for the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold Awards (2007). One of his images was selected for the National Union of Journalists 2009 Photography Matters exhibition of leading news photos from 2007 and 2008.

He travelled through Kerala, to India's most southerly point, for the guidebook Driving Holidays Across India (Outlook Traveller, 2009). He wrote about snakeboat racing for Kerala (Stark World, 2006) and travelled extensively while researching Bengaluru and Karnataka (Stark World, 2008). In doing so his experienes ranged from drinking tea with a maharaja, trekking in the jungle and eating food from streetside handcarts and five star restaurants.

His photos have appeared in a number of books, including The Wisden Cricketer's Almanack (Wisden, 2009), China - Eine Bildreise (National Geographic, 2008), Indien - Eine Bildreise (National Geographic, 2008), Dresden (Bradt Guides, 2007), The Seventy Wonders of China (Thames & Hudson, 2007) and Uebelsetzungen (Langenscheidt, 2007).

Actively interested in travel and photo-journalism, Stuart believes that photographic images are more than just documentary; they can inform and lead to greater understanding of the world. Photographs can bring people to question what is happening around them and in distant lands, engendering interest in places, people and cultures.

Stuart frequently travels to research stories, capturing the spirit and feel of places and events. His passions include trying local cuisines, delving into history and experiencing the soul, culture and contemporary attractions of destinations.

A selection of Stuart's images were exhibited at the 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival in China.

PDFs of published written work can be sent on request.

Feel free to make contact to commission photography or written work. Stuart is willing to travel on assignment.