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Dewi Lewis (born 10 March 1951) is a Welsh publisher and curator of photography.
Dewi Lewis Publishing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Dewi 1951 births Living people British book publishers (people) British curators Photography curators Directors of museums in the United Kingdom
Dewi Lewis (born 10 March 1951) is a Welsh publisher and curator of photography.
Career
In 1975, Lewis was the founding director of theBury
Bury may refer to:
*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
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** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
Metropolitan Arts Association which operates the Met.
Lewis also founded and was the first director of Cornerhouse
Cornerhouse was a centre for cinema and the contemporary visual arts, located next to Oxford Road Station on Oxford Street, Manchester, England, which was active from 1985–2015. It had three floors of art galleries, three cinemas, a booksho ...
, an arts centre in Manchester, England.
Lewis was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with ...
in 2004 and was awarded the Society’s inaugural RPS Award for Outstanding Service to Photography in 2009. In 2012, the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation presented him with an award for Outstanding Contribution to Photography Publishing.
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
PHotoEspaña, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid, is a photography forum that began in 1998. The Festival’s program presents work by Spanish and international image-makers. It runs an awards programme with sever ...
(Spain). He was a ‘Master’ for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclasses.
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
''Picture Post'' was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,700,000 copies a week after only two months. ...
'' for the 2010 Atri Festival.
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 inManchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
.
Photographers whose books have been published by Dewi Lewis Publishing include Bruce Gilden
Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is an American street photographer. He is best known for his candid close-up photographs of people on the streets of New York City, using a flashgun. He has had various books of his work published, has received the Europe ...
William Klein, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen (born 1948) is a Finnish photographer who has worked in Britain since the 1960s.Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen (ed. Andrew Pulver),Photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen's best shot, ''The Guardian,'' 12 August 2009. Accessed 11 Nove ...
, Sergio Larrain
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, Simon Norfolk
Simon Norfolk (born 1963) is a Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer. He has produced four photo book monographs of his work. His photographs are held in over a dozen public museum collections.
Life and work
Norfolk was b ...
, Martin Parr
Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in p ...
,
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
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The European Publishers Award for Photography was run for 22 years by a number of European publishers, who simultaneously published a photobook of each year's winning portfolio in their own languages.
The award was for work on a particu ...
, established in 1994.
In 2014 Dewi Lewis Publishing won PhotoEspaña
PHotoEspaña, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid, is a photography forum that began in 1998. The Festival’s program presents work by Spanish and international image-makers. It runs an awards programme with sever ...
's Outstanding Publishing House of the Year award.
Book by Lewis
*''Publishing Photography''. Manchester: Cornerhouse, 1992. .See also
*Mack (publishing)
Mack (stylised as MACK) is an independent art and photography publishing house based in London. Mack works with established and emerging artists, writers and curators, and cultural institutions, releasing around 40 books per year. The publisher w ...
References
External links
*Dewi Lewis Publishing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Dewi 1951 births Living people British book publishers (people) British curators Photography curators Directors of museums in the United Kingdom