Tony Blair — Portrait Sitting

April 10, 2019 in Prime Minister, Political Portraiture, Northerners, World Leaders

Inviting former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to sit for a portrait in London was a remarkable opportunity. Serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, he was the third former leader I have photographed—an exciting and significant moment in my ongoing work documenting contemporary political history.

David Warner Portrait Sitting — Rory Lewis Photographer

November 20, 2013 in Actor Portraits, Northerners

For decades, Warner had famously declined professional portrait sittings, the last of which was with the legendary Cecil Beaton in 1965 when he was just twenty-four. By the time I approached him for my Northerners portrait series, he was seventy-two — a master actor whose presence had only deepened with time.