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My photographic art is linked to my interest and exploration of all things mechanical, how innovation progresses and the application of science.
About Howard Lewis Photography
Howard began photographing as a teenager, and he continued his interest through film school at Boston University. During his time working as an advertising and editorial photographer, he photographed for international clients like Taylor Wines and General Foods. His fine art photography has been exhibited in museums of fine art, including the James A. Michener Art Museum in Pennsylvania and the Dow Museum of Art in Michigan, as well as being acquired for prominent corporate collections.
Howard continued to pursue his vision through personal work even while achieving success as a commercial photographer. Drawn to black and white photography, he studied with influential figures such as O. Winston Link, Joyce Tenneson, and many others. His passion for creating images related to science and innovation was heightened when he met Dr. Edwin Land, prolific inventor, physicist, and founder of Polaroid. Howard was now integrating even more science into his photographs, using Polaroid materials as part of the way he would sketch photographically.
Lewis eventually stepped away from commercial photography to focus entirely on self-directed work. Alongside photography, he pursued parallel creative paths, including screenwriting, invention (he holds three patents), and welded metal sculpture. These disciplines increasingly informed one another, with sculpture becoming essential to the construction and rigor of creating still life images.
Lewis’s photographs have been exhibited internationally in galleries and cultural institutions, including the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania; the Alden B. Dow Museum of Science in Midland, Michigan; the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa; the New York Center for Photographic Arts; the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum in Queensland, Australia; Grey & Gove Gallery in New York City; Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon; and the Courtyard Gallery in Connecticut.
Artist Statement
A photographic artist whose practice explores science, engineering, technology and innovation. My intention is to create work that communicates the importance of the search for truth based on science and how the physical world looks and works. My images engage physics, mechanics and creative thinking that often evokes an innovation process such as in Origami Folds. Origami, the ancient art of Japanese paper folding, has a modern history of being used as a creative tool for engineering feats from rapidly unfolding automobile airbags to heart stents. The series is the foundation for exploration of the simplicity of paper folding to deep technology and mathematics.
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SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2025
Afterlight, LensCulture Black and White Photography Awards
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Annual International Competition, First Place, Origami Folds
2024
Still Life, Daniel Miller Gallery, juried by Daniel Miller, Waterstones
2022
Photolucida Critical Mass 2022 Finalist
Empty Spaces, Abandoned Places, juried by Elizabeth Flinsch, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Light and Shadow Magazine featured photographer, May/June 2022, Curated by Tim Anderson
2021
Art + Science 2, juried by Linda Alterwitz, A Smith Gallery, Johnson, Texas
Abstract, juried by Debra Klomp Ching, New York Center for Photographic Arts, New York, New York
2020
Art + Science: Nature and Nurture, Lenscratch Fine Art Daily, Featured Photographer
Nature of Particles, OD Review, reviewed by Collier Brown
The Still Life, juried by Ann Jastrab, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019
The Journey, juried by Susan Spiritus, NY Photo Curator, Honorable Mention
Art + Science, juried by Linda Alterwitz, A Smith Gallery, Johnson, Texas
Portals, juried by Ann Jastrab, A Smith Gallery, Johnson, Texas
Intentional Spaces, juried by Laura Moya, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2018
Origami, The Traditional Art curated by Joanne Duke, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Queensland, Australia
2017
Water Rain and Fog, curated by B.B. Winslow, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, Midland, Michigan
Light and Matter, curated by Kelsey Halliday Johnson, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
2014 – 2017
Recent Works by Gallery Artists (a selection of Lewis metal sculptures), Courtyard Gallery, Mystic, Connecticut