2005 founder craig atkinson country of origin uk headquarters location southport merseyside england nonfiction topics documentary photography fiction genres drawing owner s www.caferoyalbooks.com official website caferoyalbooks.com caf royal books is a small independent publisher 1 2 of photography photobooks or zines 3 and sometimes drawing solely run by craig atkinson and based in southport england . 4 5 6 caf royal books produces small run publications predominantly documenting social historical and architectural change often in britain 4 5 7 8 using both new work and photographs from archives . 9 it has been operating since 2005 . their publications are held in public collections including tate britain ; 10 11 national art library victoria and albert museum london ; 12 museum of modern art new york ny ; 13 national gallery of canada ; 14 and the british library . 15 by mid 2014 caf royal had published about 200 books and zines . martin parr has described caf royal books as a great archive of much forgotten documentary photography 16 and daniel meadows has said craig atkinson ... has invented a publishing model for creating a truly exciting new history of documentary photography in britain . 17 contents 1 details 2 collections 3 caf royal projects 4 exhibitions 5 references 6 external links details edit a variety of caf royal publications for sale in foyles bookshop london atkinson based in southport and a lecturer in the school of art design and performance at the university of central lancashire founded caf royal books in 2005 . 4 5 7 18 the titles are published frequently typically one per week in 2014 4 7 always in short runs 18 typically of 150 copies . 7 they are sold direct and through bookshops 19 in the uk europe usa australia japan canada and switzerland . 20 all their books have a consistent print quality paper and layout ; 4 the colophon is on the front allowing it to be easily read on bookshop shelves they are laid out to a grid system usually 28 pages in length slightly under a5 size originally but no longer hand numbered predominantly black & white and affordably printed . caf royal books produce publications predominantly documenting social historical and architectural change 4 5 7 8 using both new work and photographs from archives . 9 writing in artist s book yearbook 2014 2015 impact press 2013 atkinson said emphasis is given to work that encourages new ways of thinking about existing material or language which demonstrates the importance of using documenting collecting and observing a particular process or thing . 21 for example in 2013 caf royal began publishing a series of books based loosely on britain and britishness by british photographers . 21 the first six publications were collaborative group books . 21 since then most have included the work of an individual photographer or artist . caf royal books specialises in collaborating with a photographer . 18 it has published work by david carol 22 23 john claridge 7 peter dench henrik drescher ken grant laurent impeduglia david levenson daniel meadows victor sloan jim mortram 24 martin parr simon roberts brian david stevens 25 26 3 homer sykes 16 arthur tress 27 and patrick ward among others . caf royal has worked with some photographers to produce numerous different books of their work . many of the books are of atkinson s own work . 28 craig atkinson in 2014 in 2014 caf royal books produced one publication per week . 29 collections edit various caf royal publications are held in public collections museums and galleries including museum of modern art new york ny . 13 tate britain . 11 10 national art library victoria and albert museum london . 12 national gallery of canada . 14 british library . 15 university library university of st andrews st andrews fife scotland . 30 caf royal projects edit caf royal projects are occasional projects that use gallery type spaces for a purpose other than an exhibition . in 2010 the caf royal temporary library invited artists to submit books and editions . the gallery space was presented as a reading room for the public to use with 800 titles . 21 in 2012 the international drawing project exhibited film drawing and publications from eighty artists over three weeks . ten catalogues were published to document the event and the artists . 21 in 2013 an exhibition and reading room featured essays from academics with backgrounds in photography artists books and communication design . 21 exhibitions edit picture book co curated with pages the tetley leeds uk january march 2016 . with caf royal books publications as well as work from christian barnes david barton nous vous and landfill editions . 31 references edit artist s books are collected by tate and send across the globe southport visitor . accessed 11 july 2014 . the national portrait gallery s helen trompeteler on photography ideastap . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b notting hill sound systems documented in photo fanzine . the wire magazine . 18 august 2014 . retrieved 18 august 2014 . a b c d e f brittania sic coco nut dancers an interview with craig atkinson of caf royal books the photographers gallery . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b c d great new zines from caf royal books offer unlikely tours of britain and america it s nice that . accessed 11 july 2014 . caf culture . british journal of photography . apptitude media . 162 7836 64 65 . 2015 . a b c d e f mauger zelda 18 october 2013 . assez compulsif et tr s obsessionnel on a parl avec craig atkinson le g nie derri re caf royal books . vice magazine . retrieved 11 july 2014 . a b publication caf royal books immerse us in all of the peculiarities of britain it s nice that . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b ellis rosie 13 november 2014 . nine years of documenting britain & s forgotten history with cafe royal books . i d. retrieved 14 november 2014 . a b cbm 01 . london copeland book market . 2013 . oclc 175165701 . retrieved 14 july 2014 . a b tate library catalogue tate . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b search results 29 titles matched caf royal books national art library . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b dadabase the museum of modern art museum of modern art . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b national gallery of canada library and archives catalogue national gallery of canada . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b explore the british library search view and order from our catalogues & collections british library . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b social landscapes in britain in the 1970s . image magazine . association of photographers 2 6 . 2014 . retrieved 9 november 2014 . daniel meadows . photobook bristol . retrieved 18 september 2015 . a b c craig atkinson staff profile university of central lancashire university of central lancashire . accessed 11 july 2014 . foyles photography section source magazine . accessed 11 july 2014 . about caf royal books . accessed 11 july 2014 . a b c d e f artist s book yearbook 2014 2015 . bristol impact press uwe bristol . 2013 . isbn 978 1 906501 07 5 . retrieved 11 july 2014 . about david carol lensculture . accessed 11 july 2014 . where s the monkey lensculture . accessed 11 july 2014 . stelfox dave 19 february 2014 . i photograph people who don t have a voice jim mortram s norfolk portraits . the guardian . retrieved 11 july 2014 . brian david stevens captures the sound systems of the notting hill carnival . financial times . 8 august 2014 . retrieved 10 august 2014 . if only i d known photographer brian david stevens ideastap . accessed 11 july 2014 . bookshop news discoveries at photobook bristol photographers gallery . accessed 17 august 2014 . behind the zines self publishing culture . berlin gestalten . 2011 . pp. 40 222 . isbn 978 3 89955 336 9 . retrieved 11 july 2014 . abraham amelia 25 november 2014 . caf royal publish exactly one great photobook every week . vice magazine . retrieved 26 november 2014 . towards a comprehensive collection of scottish documentary photobooks . university of st andrews . 25 march 2015 . retrieved 18 september 2015 . picture book co curated with pages . the tetley . 8 january 2016 . retrieved 22 january 2016 . external links edit official website caf royal books craig atkinson talks to photoworks about the titles published by caf royal books the weekly photobook publisher a video showing the production of grab the uranium which was made during a residency at knust a risograph workshop in nijmegen netherlands 7 min . video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caf royal books & oldid 719940656 categories companies based in merseysidebook publishing companies of englandvisual arts publishing companiespublishing companies established in 2005small press publishing companiesphotography companies of the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from may 2014use british english from may 2014official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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