Meet Ellen

Ellen Foust is an award-winning Boston-based photographic artist and educator at the cutting edge of computational photography. Using only her iPhone’s camera, she creates striking landscapes and bold geometric compositions. Her photographic practice focuses on perception, the “deep seeing” beyond looking, how light behaves, and a fascination with the visual language of lines, shapes, colors, textures, and patterns. Claude Monet has been her longtime muse and inspiration.

Originally trained as an art historian (Rutgers University), Ellen earned an M.Ed. in Education (UMass Boston) and studied photography at the New England School of Photography. She was a student in the Griffin Museum of Photography’s Atelier 40 with Emily Belz.

Ellen teaches iPhoneography at the Brandeis Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (BOLLI) and the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society (LexArt). She serves on the Board of the Newton Art Association, co-chairs the Exhibition Committee of the Newton Camera Club, and shows her work in the Boston area at venues including the Griffin Museum of Photography, Bromfield Gallery, Galatea Fine Art, New England Art Center, Plymouth Center for the Arts, and the Mosesian Center for the Arts, as well as in juried solo exhibitions at the Newton Free Library, Newton City Hall, and Newton Open Studios.

Contact Ellen at ellenfoustphotography@gmail.com.