Ar­chi­tect Bri­an Lewis is stag­ing his fi­nal pho­to­graph­ic ex­hi­bi­tion, Last Light, at Medul­la Art Gallery.

The ex­hi­bi­tion fea­tures a col­lec­tion of black and white ar­chi­tec­tur­al pho­tographs and marks the cul­mi­na­tion of a life­long pas­sion for ar­chi­tec­ture and pho­tog­ra­phy, and runs un­til Ju­ly 25.

Lewis prac­tised ar­chi­tec­ture for more than five decades, start­ing af­ter his re­turn from study­ing in Lon­don.

He joined ACLA, the firm found­ed by his fa­ther, An­tho­ny C Lewis. Over his ca­reer, Bri­an worked on some of the coun­try’s most no­table build­ings, in­clud­ing the Er­ic Williams Fi­nan­cial Com­plex, the Hall of Jus­tice, the orig­i­nal Gulf City Com­plex and the British Gas Build­ing on St Clair Av­enue.

Lewis’s in­ter­est in pho­tog­ra­phy dates back to his teenage years, but it was on­ly af­ter re­tir­ing from ar­chi­tec­tur­al prac­tice in 2016 that he de­vot­ed him­self to ar­chi­tec­tur­al pho­tog­ra­phy. He is large­ly self-taught, de­vel­op­ing his craft through books and at­tend­ing sem­i­nars abroad.

Ini­tial­ly, his pho­tog­ra­phy was used to pro­mote ACLA’s ar­chi­tec­tur­al port­fo­lio; how­ev­er, over the years, he has pub­lished sev­er­al books record­ing the Caribbean’s built en­vi­ron­ment: Con­tem­po­rary Caribbean Ar­chi­tec­ture, Port-of-Spain: An Ar­chi­tec­tur­al Record, Manikin: The Art & Ar­chi­tec­ture of An­tho­ny C Lewis, and Man­i­fes­ta­tions of Faith: Preser­va­tions of Church­es and Chapels. His im­ages have al­so ap­peared in in­ter­na­tion­al mag­a­zines and pub­li­ca­tions.

In Last Light, the pho­tographs are all black and white, and it is an ex­hi­bi­tion Lewis hopes will give view­ers a deep­er ap­pre­ci­a­tion of ar­chi­tec­ture.

“In my twi­light years, I felt I should con­tin­ue to share my love for ar­chi­tec­ture, for what it’s worth,” Lewis said.

“Black and white is the nat­ur­al lan­guage for this work - the ab­sence of colour is wide­ly agreed among ar­chi­tec­tur­al pho­tog­ra­phers to sharp­en the view­er’s un­der­stand­ing and ap­pre­ci­a­tion of ar­chi­tec­ture, strip­ping away the in­ci­den­tal to re­veal form, shad­ow and light.”

Lewis will speak about his ca­reer and an­swer ques­tions about the ex­hi­bi­tion at his Artist’s Talk on Ju­ly 18 at Medul­la from 4pm.

Last Light can be viewed at Medul­la Gallery, 37 Fitt Street, Wood­brook, un­til Ju­ly 25. The gallery’s open­ing hours are 10am to 6pm Mon­day to Fri­day and 11am to 2pm on Sat­ur­days.