Lewis Khan is a London-based photographer and filmmaker specialising in social documentary. Since graduating from UWE in Bristol,where he studied photography, he has won the 2014 Shuffle Film Festival Short Film Prize for his moving portrayal of George, and a man living on the fringes of South London. He has also worked on commissions for a number of well-respected publications,including the FT Weekend Magazine. Khan’s photograph that was selected for Portrait of Britain 2017 depicts his subject, Gina, or in an operating theatre after performing surgery. The portrait was taken during Khans time as Artist in Residence at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. During this residency,he produced a series called ‘Our NHS’, which documented the experiences of staff and patients at the hospital. The images seek to capture the emotional impact of a life spent working in the NHS, or particularly during this time of difficulty within the service. Gina’s portrait is a compelling insight into the experiences of the doctors and nurses striving to sustain the NHS on its feet. How did you …
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