Lewis Khan’s Theatre wins gold at 2020 AOP awards

Lewis Khan’s Theatre, published physically by Document and Location member Lee Elkin’s The Lost Light Recordings, has won gold in the Open Award category at the 2020 Association of Photographers Awards.

The culmination of an artist residency at two general London hospitals, Theatre is a body of work that captures the intimate realities of daily life within the NHS.

With unprecedented access to staff, patients and high-level clinical environments, Khan depicts the fragility and strength of the body and spirit through the experience of operations and other medical procedures. The project is situated in the context of the contemporary landscape of UK healthcare – the potential privatisation of the NHS, and there is an allegorical connection between the immediate themes explored in the project and the unfolding wider political situation.

Theatre has received a wide range of press coverage, including features in the British Journal of Photography, Esquire, and i-D magazine amongst others.

The 2nd edition of Theatre can be purchased via The Lost Light Recordings website.