Barry Lewis is a British photographer and filmmaker who for several decades has worked internationally for numerous prestigious publications from Life magazine to National Geographic. Having originally studied theoretical chemistry, Barry won a scholarship from the Royal College of Art to do an MA in photography and subsequently began his career in style when he won the Vogue Award and worked as a staff photographer for the magazine on a salary of £10 per week.

In 1981, Barry co-founded Network Photographers a London-based co-operative photo agency for photojournalists and documentary photographers, based loosely on the Magnum Photos model.

As well as photojournalism and portraiture, Barry has directed over 20  ...