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Award-winning photographer Barry Lewis has been picturing the weird and wonderful late-night Glastonbury experience for more than a decade. Shangri-La is a festival of contemporary performing arts held each year at Glastonbury festival, and Barry Lewis has documented its denizens. Here: The corridors of corporate hell in Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2014. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Award-winning photographer Barry Lewis has been picturing the weird and wonderful late-night Glastonbury experience for more than a decade. Shangri-La is a festival of contemporary performing arts held each year at Glastonbury festival, and Barry Lewis has documented its denizens. Here: The corridors of corporate hell in Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2014. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



“It’s so hard to explain, but to photograph Glastonbury you have to make your own journey, to really be there and let go, but still see and record”. Pictured: Art by Jim Chambers and Tim Gould, Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2014. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

“It’s so hard to explain, but to photograph Glastonbury you have to make your own journey, to really be there and let go, but still see and record”. Pictured: Art by Jim Chambers and Tim Gould, Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2014. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



Harry Clayton-Wright and James Barnett as Trolls in front of the Troll Rehab centre, Shangri-La field, Glastonbury, 2016. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Harry Clayton-Wright and James Barnett as Trolls in front of the Troll Rehab centre, Shangri-La field, Glastonbury, 2016. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



Scary clowns! Street circus performers in the Shangri-La field, Glastonbury, 2008. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Scary clowns! Street circus performers in the Shangri-La field, Glastonbury, 2008. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



Boy reads as his mum recovers from a long night in Lost Vagueness, Glastonbury, 2005. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Boy reads as his mum recovers from a long night in Lost Vagueness, Glastonbury, 2005. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



Dan DJ, High Rise Rubber, Glastonbury, 2009. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Dan DJ, High Rise Rubber, Glastonbury, 2009. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



Paka the Uncredible on his steel steed, Lost Vagueness, Glastonbury, 2004. (Photo by Barry Lewis/Corbis/The Guardian)

Paka the Uncredible on his steel steed, Lost Vagueness, Glastonbury, 2004. (Photo by Barry Lewis/Corbis/The Guardian)



Spa in Slumbarave’s Hotel Metropolis, Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2009. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Spa in Slumbarave’s Hotel Metropolis, Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2009. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



Margaret Thatcher visits Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2009. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

Margaret Thatcher visits Shangri-La, Glastonbury, 2009. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)



The theme for the 2015 Shangri-La was Protest. Masked dancer by the Hell stage. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)

The theme for the 2015 Shangri-La was Protest. Masked dancer by the Hell stage. (Photo by Barry Lewis/The Guardian)
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