Every Picture Tells A Story

Erwin Olaf - ‘Hollandse meester' - RIP

Erwin Olaf -  ‘Hollandse meester' - RIP

Erwin Olaf - Nina Siegal - Mutual Art

The most important influence on Olaf’s work was Robert Mapplethorpe, the paragon of studio photography, whom Olaf met while Mapplethorpe was visiting Amsterdam. He was especially taken with Mapplethorpe’s use of square format images, a technique also employed by Peter Hujar and Diane Arbus for their portrait work.

RIP Zoran Vidinic 1932-2024

Caravaggio is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Derek Jarman. The film is a fictionalised retelling of the life of Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It is Tilda Swinton's film debut and Sean Bean's second film.
'I hadn't realised that dying was going to be so difficult.' 'You're not trying hard enough' his friends came to reply.    Matthew's portrait ...

Oasis - What's the story?

Oasis - What's the story?
Front cover BEYOND magazine    This months beyond Magazine features Matthew's portrait of Oasis outside the Oasis Market Manchester. I...

Stephen Fry has a halo...

Stephen Fry has a halo...
  Stephen Fry - London 2009 ‘Stephen Fry has a halo encircling his head. This photo is cropped so tight you cannot see it, which is why he looks so...

The Only Woman - Immy Humes

The Only Woman - Immy Humes
Matthew's iconic portrait of Pam Hogg in Hogg Heaven is to be found in Immy Humes's latest book 'The Only Woman', out now from Phaidon. Revie...

Grayson Perry - The Pre-Therapy Years - York Art Gallery

Grayson Perry - The Pre-Therapy Years - York Art Gallery
Now Open - Grayson Perry - The Pre-Therapy Years - York Art Gallery

Crowned

Young man with arms raised to either side, his head turned to side. Religious style. Torso. Crucifixion. © Matthew R Lewis 2000
It started with a clock It was over twenty years ago. And yes it seems like yesterday. With part of an old clock, a length of gold cord, a piece o...

Sir Harold Acton - La Pietra - Florence

Sir Harold Acton - La Pietra - Florence
Sir Harold Acton - Florence - Fothergill - Waugh - Anthony Blanche

Boy With Syringe Lemon & Spoon

... Unfortunately, Caravaggio was not available to see it, but William Burroughs admired it very much and he thoughtfully signed it ‘For a friend’. It also caught the eye of Derek Jarman...

Portraits of Matthew by Giancarlo Gemin

Portraits of Matthew by Giancarlo Gemin
New portraits of Matthew from the early 80's by Giancarlo Gemin.

Dear Roman Polanski

Dear Roman Polanski

Dear Mr. Lewis

Thank you for your letter of April 11,...

With my best wishes,

Roman Polanski