Background
Lewis was born in Lubbock, Texas, on December 7, 1976.
Lewis was born in Lubbock, Texas, on December 7, 1976.
At the age of 17 he was discovered at the South Plains Mall by Peter John and Mike Beaty, signed with Next Model Management and moved to New York at 18. Lewis began working as a model at the age of 18 by signing a two-year contract with GUESS, shot by the photographer Pablo Alfaro. This brought him to the public eye and aroused the interest of the fashion industry.
Consequently, he started working with photographers like Greg Kadel, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Camilla Akrans, Terry Richardson, Ellen von Unwerth, Mario Sorrenti and Michel Comte and for fashion designers and brands such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, Yohji Yamamoto, Bulgari, Roberto Cavalli, Hugo Boss, Kenneth Cole, Rene Lezard, Armani,Perry Ellis, Mac, and H&M. He has appeared in numerous television commercials, such as FA, Jägermeister and Michelob and in music videos, among others for David Guetta and Kylie Minogue.
Lewis was also part of two art projects by the photographer/artist Spencer Tunick and appeared on a double page in issue 52 of Visionaire, shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Caramelo. Lewis is signed with deoxyribonucleic acid Model Management of New York and in 2011 appeared in advertisement campaigns for Davidoff and Pal Zileri.
