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Photographer proves it's hip to be square

After four years spent developing his skills in the capital, Sunderland photographer David Foster has returned to start his own commercial portrait studio and photography business in his home town.

After studying photography at Northumbria University, David moved to London in 2003 and went on to work with some of the biggest names in the business.

David Foster said: “I knew that eventually I wanted to run my own studio, so I tended to move around a lot when I worked in London, as I was keen to gain as much knowledge as possible. “As people got to know me and my work, I was lucky enough to experience a variety of photography environments, from commercial and advertising, to fashion and portraiture.”

With these skills under his belt, David began looking toward the fulfilment of his goal of running his own studio. On occasional visits home to see family and friends, he was encouraged to see glimpses of a changing Sunderland, and began to research the possibility of a modern photography studio being successful in the city.

David said: “Though I loved living and working in London, I missed home a lot. When I realised that the style of photography and skills that I had developed there could be applied to Sunderland, I began planning to run my own business.”

David opened Square Photography in Sunderland’s Sunniside quarter last year with help from the North East Business and Innovation Centre (BIC) and Sunderland Youth enterprise trust (SYEP).

He said: “The location is great - if feels good to be part of a growing arts community.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .