Dewi Lewis Explained

Dewi Lewis (born 10 March 1951) is a Welsh publisher and curator of photography.

Career

In 1975, Lewis was the founding director of the Bury Metropolitan Arts Association which operates the Met.

Lewis also founded and was the first director of Cornerhouse, an arts centre in Manchester, England.

Lewis was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 2004[1] and was awarded the Society’s inaugural RPS Award for Outstanding Service to Photography in 2009.[2] In 2012, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation presented him with an award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography Publishing.[3] [4] [5]

Lewis has acted as a jury member for several major competitions and as a portfolio reviewer at international photography events including Fotofest and Review Santa Fe (both USA), Lodz Festival (Poland) and PHotoEspaña (Spain). He was a ‘Master’ for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclasses.[6] Along with his own book, Publishing Photography (1992), he writes occasional texts on photography and has curated exhibitions including a survey show of the British magazine Picture Post for the 2010 Atri Festival.[7]

Dewi Lewis Publishing

In 1994 Lewis established Dewi Lewis Publishing, a publisher of photobooks run by Lewis and his wife Caroline Warhurst from their home in Manchester.[8]

Photographers whose books have been published by Dewi Lewis Publishing include Bruce Gilden[9] William Klein,[10] Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen,[11] Sergio Larrain,[12] Simon Norfolk,[13] Martin Parr,[14] and Simon Roberts. Lewis works in close collaboration with a number of European publishers and is a founding member of the European Publishers Award for Photography, established in 1994.[15]

In 2014 Dewi Lewis Publishing won PhotoEspaña's Outstanding Publishing House of the Year award.[16]

Book by Lewis

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honorary Fellowships (HonFRPS). 8 March 2017 . .
  2. Web site: Outstanding Service . The Royal Photographic Society. 20 September 2015.
  3. News: Dewi Lewis - The man who switched focus onto photographers - and founded a cultural gem. 30 April 2012. Manchester Evening News. 17 April 2012. 21 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130421011747/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/business/media/s/1491490_dewi-lewis. dead.
  4. Web site: Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards. 125 World - News. 125 World Ltd.. 30 April 2012. 9 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109141814/http://www.125magazine.com/?p_id=300. dead.
  5. News: O'Hagan. Sean. Mitch Dobrowner wins L'Iris d'Or photographer of the year award. 30 April 2012. The Guardian. 27 April 2012.
  6. Web site: Dewi Lewis. World Press Photo. World Press Photo. 30 April 2012.
  7. Web site: Dewi Lewis. https://archive.today/20120909094934/http://www.reportageatrifestival.it/eng/?p=466. dead. 9 September 2012. The Shapes of Time. Reportage Atri festival. 30 April 2012.
  8. News: Illegal Immigration in Arizona is Focus of New Photo Book from Dewi Lewis Publishing. 30 April 2012. The Times Union (Albany, New York). 23 April 2012.
  9. Haiti (1996,); After the Off (1999,).
  10. Life is Good and Good for You in New York! Trance Witness Revels, new ed. (1995,).
  11. Writing in the Sand: On the Beaches of North East England (2000,).
  12. London 1958 - 59 (1998,).
  13. For Most of It I Have No Words (1998,).
  14. The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton, 2nd ed (1998,); Common Sense (1999,).
  15. Web site: Dewi Lewis. Foto Triennale DK. 8 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010918/http://fototriennale.dk/en/portfolio-review/reviewers/item/106-dewi-lewis. 13 May 2014. dead.
  16. . 2014 . PhotoEspaña Discovery Award . British Journal of Photography . 161 . 7826 . 7 . Apptitude Media.

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