Huw Lewis-Jones
Huw Lewis-Jones (born 2 May 1980) is a British historian, editor, broadcaster and art director. Formerly a historian and Curator of Art at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lewis-Jones left Cambridge in June 2010 to pursue book and broadcasting projects. He is the Editorial Director of the independent publishing company Polarworld.
Biography
Grandson of a Royal Navy commander, Lewis-Jones attended Elizabeth College, Guernsey, before studying as a geography undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a Davidson Scholar. He earned a Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in the history of exploration at the University of Cambridge.
Lewis-Jones' ongoing research interests include the intellectual history of exploration, maritime hagiography, and the cultural history of the nineteenth century. His particular expertise is in Antarctic and Arctic exploration, portraiture, print culture, and the history of photography and he lectures widely on these and other subjects.[1][2][3]
Until 2010, Lewis-Jones was historian and Curator of Art at the
Before returning to the
Lewis-Jones and his partner, writer and photographer Kari Herbert, divided their time between Cambridge and London. As of 2013[update] they live with daughter Nell by the sea in Cornwall.[7]
Books and exhibitions
Lewis-Jones is now working on an exploration of classic mountain photography and a large photography project for the national charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. His most recent books as an author are a new history of the South Pole and an Arctic travel narrative for television with popular BBC presenter and adventurer Bruce Parry.
Lewis-Jones' first book was Face to Face: Polar Portraits, an account of historic and modern photographic portraiture, published in 2008. British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes wrote its Foreword.[8] The book was The Sunday Times 'Book of the Week' and a 'Book of the Year' in The Observer and received much praise elsewhere.[9][10] It was also published in Italy by De Agostini and in Germany by Geo and Frederking and Thaler. The Explorers Journal described it as 'one of the most stunning books of photography in recent times'.
The next in his series, Ocean Portraits, a celebration of the sea told through rare historic imagery and modern maritime photography, was released in the United Kingdom in late 2010 by Conway, an
Since 2007 Lewis-Jones has worked with established and emerging artists: the internationally renowned
Lewis-Jones' future exhibitions include Maybe Tomorrow, a photographic journey amongst peoples of the Arctic, and First Across – a project that unites the exploration and scientific achievements of the 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Vivian Fuchs, with those of the British Trans-Arctic Expedition of 1968–69, led by Sir Wally Herbert. On this later expedition, a 3,800-mile surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean, from Alaska to Spitsbergen, billed by some as 'the last great journey on Earth', Herbert and his team became, undisputedly, the first men to reach the North Pole by surface travel.
Having opened in Cambridge in 2007, Lewis-Jones' exhibition of Herbert's paintings Art of Exploration was shown in Scotland during 2009 and at the National Geographic gallery in London. His Face to Face: Polar Portraits exhibition was shown in Cambridge, London and Ireland in 2008.[17] It toured to several destinations in 2009, including The Explorers Club in New York and Discovery Point, Dundee, the home of exploration ship RRS Discovery, the first polar command of Robert Falcon Scott.[18]
Television
Lewis-Jones has made many appearances on radio and television. Most recently, Lewis-Jones was onscreen expert with Paul Rose in the BBC Two documentary Antarctica's Forgotten Hero, describing the adventures of polar explorer Frank Wild and the expeditions of the Heroic Age.[19][20] He has also recently featured on BBC Radio 4 discussing the science of icebergs, and on National Geographic radio broadcasts.[21]
His media career began in developing popular history pieces for
The documentary Wilderness Explored, produced by Jeremy Bristow, aired on the
Bibliography
- The Conquest of Everest: Original Photographs from the Legendary First Ascent, ISBN 978-0500544235
- Mountain Heroes: Portraits of Adventure, Huw Lewis-Jones, Conway and Polarworld, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84486-139-2
- Abenteurer Der Berge: 100 Portrats, Huw Lewis-Jones, Frederking & Thaler and ISBN 978-3-89405-926-2
- In Search of the South Pole, ISBN 978-1-84486-137-8
- Entscheidung am Sudpol, Kari Herbert and Huw Lewis-Jones, Theiss, 2011. ISBN 978-3-8062-2555-6
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, ISBN 978-1-902392-21-9
- Arctic, Bruce Parry and Huw Lewis-Jones, Conway, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84486-130-9
- Face to Face: Ocean Portraits, Huw Lewis-Jones, Conway and Polarworld, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84486-124-8
- Homes et Femmes De La Mer, Huw Lewis-Jones, Arthaud, 2010. ISBN 978-2-08-123945-6
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, The 1805 Club, 2010. ISBN 978-1-902392-20-2
- Votli Polari: Uomini Che Hanno Sfidato I Ghiacci, Huw Lewis-Jones, ISBN 978-88-418-5842-4
- Abenteurer Im Eis: Portrats 1845-Heute, Huw Lewis-Jones, Frederking & Thaler and GEO, 2009. ISBN 978-3-89405-752-7
- Face to Face: Polar Portraits, Huw Lewis-Jones, Conway and Polarworld, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84486-099-9
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, The 1805 Club, 2009. ISBN 978-1-902392-19-6
- Face to Face: Polar Portraits, Huw Lewis-Jones, ISBN 978-0-901021-07-6
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, The 1805 Club, 2008. ISBN 978-1902392189
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, The 1805 Club, 2007. ISBN 978-1-902392-16-5
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, The 1805 Club, 2006. ISBN 978-1-902392-15-8
- The Trafalgar Chronicle, Anthony Cross and Huw Lewis-Jones, The 1805 Club, 2005. ISBN 978-1-902392-14-1
- The Writer's Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands, Huw Lewis-Jones, Philip Pullman, University of Chicago Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-226-59663-1
- Imagining the Arctic, Huw-Lewis-Jones, I.B. Tauris, 2017. ISBN 978-1-78453-658-9
- Carnets d'explorateurs, Huw-Lewis-Jones et Kari Herbert, éditions Paulsen, 2016
- Carnets de marins, Huw-Lewis-Jones et Kari Herbert, éditions Paulsen, 2019
References
- ^ University of Cambridge online profile
- ^ Polarworld online profile
- ^ Royal Collection online
- ^ University of Cambridge press release
- ^ University of Cambridge press release
- ^ "Council Members". 1805 Club. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "About – Kari Herbert". Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Face to Face: Polar Portraits website Archived 1 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Adventures in wonderland: The year's best picture books". The Guardian. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
- ^ Scotsman online review
- ^ "Photography books for Christmas - review". The Guardian. 11 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019.
- ^ ITB Book Awards Archived 19 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A selection of exhibitions
- ^ New York Times online feature
- ^ "The last days of the Arctic". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
- ^ Ragnar Axelsson YouTube
- ^ Irish Times online review
- ^ Yahoo News
- ^ BBC Website Antarctica's Forgotten Hero
- ^ BBC News
- ^ National Geographic Radio
- ^ IMDb
- ^ Captain Cook on Screen Australia
- ^ Scotsman online review
- ^ "Watch this: Silent Witness | Paul Merton in India | Wilderness Explored | The US Presidential Debate". The Guardian. 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
- ^ BBC Website Of Ice and Men
- ^ Radio Times review
External links
- Scott Polar Research Institute – http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/people/lewis-jones/
- Guardian online gallery – https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2008/nov/13/antarctica-adventure?picture=339567490
- Jörg Schmeisser – https://web.archive.org/web/20130621131420/http://australiangalleries.com.au/artists/9-artists/117-joergschmeisser
- Emma Stibbon – https://web.archive.org/web/20080315015310/http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/academic/stibbon
- Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson – http://www.snaebjornsdottirwilson.com/
- Tiina Itkonen – http://www.kashyahildebrand.org/zurich/itkonen/index.html
- John Gale – http://www.galleryofbirds.co.uk/
- Martin Hartley – http://www.martinhartley.com/
- John Kelly – https://web.archive.org/web/20080704054541/http://www.phoenixarts.org/artists/artists_johnkelly.htm
- Cristian Barnett – https://web.archive.org/web/20120418190129/http://www.crisbarnett.com/category/portraits
- Nigel Millard – http://www.nigelmillard.co.uk/
- David Doubilet – [1]
- Glen Denny – http://www.glendenny.com/
- Gordon Wiltsie – http://www.alpenimage.com/
- Cory Richards – http://www.coryrichards.com/
- Ragnar Axelsson – http://www.rax.is/
- Polarworld publishing company – http://www.polarworld.co.uk/