ChronoVisions: Capturing Revolution Through Time

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Where history meets imagination, and time becomes a canvas.

Capturing Revolution: A Journey Through Time with ChronoVisions (Los Angeles Portrait Photographer Rory Lewis

ChronoVisions: An Epochal Fusion is a bold portrait series blending historical intrigue with cinematic portraiture. Inspired by the mythical Chronovisor—a device said to reveal moments from the past—the project steps beyond conventional photography, immersing viewers in worlds where eras collide, ideas revolt, and characters from different centuries speak to the present.

Influenced by the atmosphere of the 1930s and shaped by visual references to Caravaggio, Frank Herbert, David Lynch, and classical portraiture, each image embodies a surreal tension between classical light and modern expression. The result is a hybrid documentation of imagined histories—portraits that feel both ancient and entirely new.

Capturing Revolution: A Journey Through Time with ChronoVisions (Los Angeles Portrait Photographer Rory Lewis

A Revolutionary Moment: Ray Proscia

In a recent chapter of the series, actor Ray Proscia (Suits, Bull, The Man in the High Castle) embodies the fire of a revolutionary leader standing on the cusp of political change. Styled in the aura of pre-war Europe, Proscia’s portrait evokes impassioned speeches, worker-led uprisings, and the relentless pursuit of a new world order. His performance expands the project’s narrative, giving voice to movements that echo across time.

Timeless Imagery, Parallel Realities

Each portrait becomes a portal—an imagined timeline where the elegance of the 1930s merges with contemporary attitudes. Whether created in Los Angeles, London, or New York, the locations serve not merely as backdrops but as characters themselves, influencing mood, storytelling, and history re-written.

Capturing Revolution: A Journey Through Time with ChronoVisions (Los Angeles Portrait Photographer Rory Lewis

Artists, Revolutionaries, Visionaries

While the Chronovisor legend may be myth, ChronoVisions transforms myth into inspiration. These portraits embrace speculation not as fantasy, but as fertile ground where artistic rebellion mirrors the revolutions that have shaped humanity.

The work asks: What if we could see our past differently? What if history is ongoing? What if revolution—personal or societal—isn’t bound by time at all?

A Lens on the Human Condition

ChronoVisions is ultimately a celebration of:

  • timeless human struggle

  • visionary leadership

  • the stories we inherit and reinvent

  • the power of portraiture to challenge, question, and dream

Captured through the direction and chiaroscuro intensity of Rory Lewis, these portraits invite us to pause, reflect, and confront the echoes of our shared experience—past, present, and imagined.

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Across this series, I photograph actors and models adorned in the elegance of the 1930s, set against historically resonant backdrops. Each portrait becomes a temporal bridge — an echo of what might have been seen through the Chronovisoritself. Drawing influence from Frank Herbert, Caravaggio, David Lynch, Gustave Doré, and Ribera, I merge surrealism, chiaroscuro, and historical drama to craft scenes that feel both ancient and immediate, suspended between dream and memory.