Portraits of 20th Century British Artists by Jorge Lewinski

Jorge Lewinski, who is considered one of the foremost photographers of artists in Britain. He was born in 1921 in Lwow, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) and survived Russian occupation, internment, and forced labour in Siberia. He moved to Britain in 1942, becoming a professional photographer in 1968. He also taught photography at the London College of Printing and later founded his own School of Photography in South London. He photographed over 300 leading British contemporary artists during his career. A selection of his portraits will be looked at together with the contribution these artists made. In 2005, the Royal Academy published ‘Portrait of the Artist: Photographs by Jorge Lewinski’