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Picturing Britain

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of contemporary photographers

Picturing Britain: Series 1

Picturing Britain: Series 1: Episode 5: Brand Britannia

Series 1

Episode 5

Episode 5: Brand Britannia

Brand Britannia

BBC Radio 4 - Picturing Britain, Series 1, Brand Britannia

Adil Ray sees luxury Britain through the lens of photographer Richard Foster.

Adil Ray meets Richard Foster, the photographer behind magazines' glitzy boots and glittering watches and finds a man recovering from an accident that left him severely paralysed.

If you open any glossy magazine the cool eye of photographer Richard Foster will most likely be behind the high heeled boots, the glitzy watches and sleek sunglasses.  But Richard is immobile from the chest down.  He was driving with his teenage boys along dirt roads in Australia, surf boards strapped to the roof, when he turned the car over and broke his neck.  Adil Ray meets Richard as he trains his lens on swirling sheets of chocolate to find out how he has recovered and how a luxury brand photographer faces up to the recession.   

Producer: Sarah Bowen.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Adil Ray views Britain through the lens of five different types of photographer

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