Born in Britain, Kathleen Foster has been a New York-based photojournalist and documentary filmmaker since the 1970's. She studied photography at the New School for Social Research with Lisette Model. Her photos appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Scholastic Magazines, Time, Village Voice, Food and Wine Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Institutional Investor and Z Magazine. Her work is represented in the collections of the Chase Manhattan Bank, The Museum of the City of New York, York College and private collectors.
Her photographs of Afghanistan were exhibited at the Leedell Gallery in Soho and portfolios were published in various photography magazines such as Creative Camera and British Journal of Photography.
In the late 80’s she began her career as an independent filmmaker producing documentaries that address issues of social significance.