Lewis's inspirations include the works of Artist Hans Holbein the younger, Caravaggio, Titian and Sir Thomas Lawerence and the German Expressionist Movement of the 1920s. Rory Lewis has made an outstanding contribution to photography and the visual arts, creating consistently imaginative and thought-provoking portraits. Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart, Ian McShane, Sir Derek Jacobi, Natalie Dormer, and many others have sat for Rory and his unique portraiture style is becoming renown.