The coronavirus pandemic continues to have huge effects our lives, and our hospitals are at the frontline. Lewis Khan debuts a new photo book – titled Theatre –which offers a rare insight into life on this frontline.
Following an invitation from the Hospital Trust, he took up the position of artist-in-residence over a 4-year period at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital in London. Khan shadowed medical professionals as they went about their day, revealing in a way that is as sensitive as it is stark the reality of life in UK hospitals.
An intimate and affecting window into the British healthcare system, Lewis’s photographs focus on the universal human qualities of strength and fragility, observing bloodied instruments and patients on operating tables, medical professionals in fresh blue scrubs and the subtle details of sobering hospital rooms.
‘Theatre’ is available as a photobook by The Lost Light Recordings, with all proceeds going to the NHS.
Buy your copy here.
