Dean Lewins is an award winning photojournalist based in Sydney, Australia.

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Dean Lewins has been a photojournalist for the past 34 years. Dean is currently the Photographic Editor at Australia’s National Newswire service, Australian Associated Press (AAP), where he has worked for more than 23 years as a senior photographer. Dean has covered five summer Olympic Games, one winter Olympic Games, four Commonwealth Games, Football World Cups, Rugby World Cups and the Ashes series, along with numerous Rugby League grand finals, A-League grand finals and a variety of international sport. His passion for sport is only equalled by his passion for news. Dean has covered the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, the 2014 Brisbane floods, 2017-20 NSW drought, the 2006 unrest in East Timor, the 2006 intervention in the Solomon Islands, the 2002 Bali Bombings and Australian troop efforts in Iraq. An assignment to Antarctica for the 100th anniversary of Mawson’s Landing is a career highlight. Dean won the 2018 Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year award, he has been a finalst in the Head On Portrait Prize and recieved a special merit award in the 2023 World Sports Photography Awards. Dean has also been a member of the Walkley Judging Board from 2021-23.