Rich Lewis

My love for photography began when I met my wife in 1973. She had a camera and a bunch of black and white film. Since then I have worked as a commercial photographer but my passion is in fine art landscapes, abandoned buildings and interesting people.

My mother managed and eventually owned an art gallery in New Hope, Pennsylvania in the 1960's and 70's, so my earliest exposure to art came from painters. As a result of those influences, I always tried to create photographs that look like paintings. This doesn't mean making paintings out of photographs but creating photographs that have the same feel that a great landscape painting exudes.

Digital photography provides ability to edit and continue creating images after the camera's shutter captured the scene. It is here that I finally found my voice with photography and created a style I call "Painting with a Camera" that involves as much effort in creating the original image as in post processing.