Dewi Lewis

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

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 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 (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 for the 2010 Atri Festival.

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

Photographers whose books have been published by Dewi Lewis Publishing include Martin Parr,Simon Norfolk,William Klein,Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen,Sergio Larrain,Bruce Gilden 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.

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