Founded by Craig Atkinson, Café Royal Books publishes limited-edition photobooks coveted by fans and collected by major institutions. The Zines focus on British documentary photography.
Craig explains: “My goal is to create a focused and comprehensive archive of British documentary photography. I publish approximately 70 titles each year, with a small-edition ‘archive box’ for every 100 titles. These archive boxes are aimed at major collections, libraries, and museums, helping to raise the visibility of the work and keeping the books accessible to the public for as long as possible. The collectors are wide and varied, but include MoMA NY, Harvard University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, the British Library, the Hyman Collection, the Martin Parr Foundation, the TATE, and the V&A/National Art Library.”