Barry Lewis started as a chemistry teacher with photography as a hobby. Barry stopped teaching in 1974 when he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art where he studied photography under Bill Brandt.
In 1976 he won the Vogue award and worked for a year with the magazine.
Andy Warhol on a visit to London © Barry Lewis
In 1977 he received an arts council grant to photograph commuting in London, which was exhibited in the Museum of London and the Southbank.
In 1981 & 83 he was exhibited in the Photographers Gallery, for ‘New Work on Britain’ and a solo show, ‘A Week in Moscow’
Working mainly for magazines, in 1999 he was a co-founder of the photo agency Network which played an important role in British Photojournalism for over 20 years.
A regular contributor to Life Magazine, National Geographic, and the Sunday Times, Barry has worked globally until 2014 and made over 20 books. His latest book, GULAG was a finalist for the Lucie Photobook Awards. He has exhibited throughout the world and received several awards including the Leica medal for humanitarian photography.
Bread and soup for prison lunch at Camp AW261/4 – GULAG © Barry Lewis
From 2015 for 5 years Barry worked mainly on documentary films but returned to photography in 2021 when he started his current ongoing work, “Intersections”: a study of London through portraits and words of the people.
Glastonbury Festival, 2015. Shangri La is a festival of contemporary performing arts held each year within Glastonbury Festival. The theme for the 2015 Shangri La was Protest. Staged public demonstration storming the Hell stage in Shangri La. © Barry Lewis
Barry has been published and exhibited widely – His awards include:
- Vogue Award
- World Press Award
- Oscar Barnak medal for humanitarian photography
- Judge for the Sony World Press Moving Image Awards 2011
www.BarryLewisPhotography.com
Instagram #barrylewisphotography
Talk Photo
TALK PHOTO is a fortnightly evening social event in Oriel Colwyn’s gallery space, where invited speakers are here IN PERSON to share presentations and insights about their work or projects, with a friendly intimate audience.
Talks start at 7pm (doors open 6.30pm) with tickets issued on a first come, first served basis.
If you are in a position to contribute towards the talks then please choose a donation option – this will directly help Oriel Colwyn and the continuation of these events going forward.
If you would prefer not to donate, please choose the FREE Ticket option.
Due to space limitations, we will be capping the audience to 30 people and are happy to offer a FREE option to remove any financial barriers to attend.