Born in 1988 in London, is a British photographer, writer, curator, and educator whose work examines structures of power, surveillance, and historical memory. His practice is largely research-driven and frequently takes the form of self-published photobooks and zines that combine photography with archival material, text, and appropriation.

He studied history at the University of Warwick and later completed a master’s degree in documentary photography at the London College of Communication, where he also lectures on photojournalism and documentary practice. His early projects include The Memory of History (2012), produced through travel across ten European Union countries during the European debt crisis, and The Camera Obscured (2012), which examines security culture and restrictions on image-making in urban space.

The photobook is central to his work. Key publications include War Primer 3 (2013), a critical reworking of earlier anti-war photobooks; Metropole (2015; expanded edition 2018), an architectural critique of rapid urban development in London; and Shadows of the State (2018), which investigates numbers stations through satellite imagery, maps, and documents rather than conventional photography. His later book Depravity’s Rainbow (2023) focuses on early rocket development in Nazi Germany and its legacy in postwar space programs.

Alongside books, he has produced numerous zines and written extensively on photography for international publications. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in London.

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Biography text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), English edition. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Bush_(photographer)