Banner: Detail from Sunset over Aberystwyth by Richard Coward

We are a very small, privately funded, charitable foundation established to honour the life and work of  Richard Coward.  Our purposes are:  

  • To promote, preserve, develop or practise the art of analogue photography;

  • to support the provision of Community Photography to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people under 25

  • To support learning in the art of analogue photography.

Christina Leckie

Richard Coward: Christina Leckie

 

Trustees

 

Siobhán Coward

Siobhán is a retired solicitor. For many years she worked in the City of London.  She moved to Norwich in 1991 and was a member of the Senior Management team at Aviva plc in her capacity as the Director of Dispute Resolution.

 Siobhán established the Foundation in honour of Richard who died in 2014.

Ben Harman

 Ben Harman is the Senior Curator of Photography at the National Galleries of Scotland. Prior to joining NGS in 2024, he was the Director of Stills: Centre for Photography, Edinburgh where his curated exhibitions included a variety of solo and group presentations of new photography from Scotland as well as showcases of work by internationally renowned artists such as Markéta Luskačová, Ishiuchi Miyako, Cindy Sherman and Jo Spence.

From 2003-13, Ben was Curator of Contemporary Art for Glasgow Museums and Lead Curator on Glasgow’s Art Fund International collecting project.

Isabelle Wragg

 Isabelle was born in France.  She was educated at school in Peckham, south London, the London School of Economics, Kings College London and CASS Business School. She has many years’ experience of evaluating projects and of awarding grants in the public and charitable sectors.

 Isabelle is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and is a Civil Servant  in the Department for Education. Her interests include pre World War 2 films, particularly French, German and Russian.

Jane Robinson

 Jane  has over 30 years of experience in the UK museums sector.  Having starting out as a textile conservator at the V&A in London then at the Fashion Museum in Bath, she moved to Scotland and into management in 1997 and for 15 years  worked with Museums Galleries Scotland, the national agency and development body for Scottish museums.  Now working part-time as a freelance museum development consultant, Jane also pursues a wide range of art, craft, environmental and horticultural activities.

 Philip Wragg

 Philip was born in Cambridge. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Philip is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors working mainly for charities helping disadvantaged members of society.

​He has a keen interest in photography for work and pleasure.

Morwenna Kearsley

Morwenna is a Glasgow-based artist working with photography, moving image and text. Much of her work centres around creating still lifes, often abstracting the subject through manipulation of scale or texture and using simple household objects, domestic materials, food and fabrics as subjects. She studied for a BA(Hons) in Photography, Film & Imaging at Napier University, graduating in 2007. In 2015, with the support of a Leverhulme Scholarship for Fine Art, she received an MFA from The Glasgow School of Art. She often collaborates with other artists and non-artists via workshops, evening classes and community arts projects.