Freight Gallery is pleased to present Foster K. White’s powerful photograph D.Y.Y.O. (Do You Young One) in the elevator. Foster’s striking image dives into the portrayal of black men in the United States as faceless, feared, and chained. This piece is a portrait of Artist Dyyo (Do You Young One) for his album “People Are Scared,” created in collaboration with longtime friend, Taryn Harris.
Foster K. White, born in Philadelphia and raised in Maryland, has been exploring digital and medium format photography for more than a dozen years. Foster draws deep inspiration from the legendary Blue Note Jazz record covers and the iconic careers of such artists as Gordon Parks and Francis Wolff, blending music’s rhythm with the subtleties of lighting. Portraiture is his main form of expression and each project he undertakes is an attempt to push his understanding of how light interacts with a subject and how it shapes perception.
Foster has worked in fashion for the past ten five years. He is a media and communication professional with a background is in cinematography/film production, video editing, and voice acting. Foster is also an audiophile and works with audio engineering and curating sounds. He will be launching a radio station in the near future to further pursue these endeavors. Foster lives and works in Washington, DC and maintains a studio at Off The Beaten Track. This is his first exhibition since the beginning of the pandemic.
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