Lewis Barker

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About Lewis Barker

Lewis Barker is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer originally from the Cotswolds and now based between there and Manchester, England who specialises in events photography. Lewis is a recent BA Photography graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University. Through years of experimentation, practice, and study he has become technically skilled with digital and analogue photographic techniques and has experience shooting sports such as football and rugby, music events, weddings and much more. To date, Barker has presented work in four public-facing exhibitions, photographed at events such as The Warehouse Project, and has just had work presented in the recent Manchester Metropolitan University degree show. A current focus of his practice is music. Lewis Barker aims to capture the energetic scene of rave, sound system and free party culture. His work is produced with analogue photographic methods to evoke and play with nostalgia. His current project documents the current UK party climate and showcases the energy and challenges within the scene as an audio-visual installation experience. Equally, Barker presents sporting events through his lens. Interested in the stories within the games he captures high quality accounts of these events with a creative outlook ready for publication/ media use. Experienced in shooting multiple sports at various levels he looks to delve further into this avenue in the future.