Alexandra Road Estate features in three collectable photographic records by the influential independent publishing house Cafe Royal Books. Created by photographer and Fine Art and Illustration Lecturer, Craig Atkinson, his zines are collected by MoMa, The Tate, the British Library, Glasgow School of Art, the Martin Parr Foundation and the V&A to name a few. Craig’s clients include the New York Times, Dazed, Orange, GQ and the Royal Photographic Society.

They are quite simply a brilliant way of capturing a moment in time at the award-winning estate designed by Neave Brown, picking up more than simply the bricks, mortar and concrete – they capture the essence of what fascinates about post-war British architecture. All three zines are available from Greyscape. This is Park & Plant.

Café Royal Books publishes limited edition Photobooks coveted by fans and collected by major institutions. The Zines focus on British documentary photography. Café Royal is run and founded by Craig Atkinson.

Craig explains ‘My aim is to create a focussed and complete archive of British documentary photography. I publish roughly 70 titles each year with a small edition ‘archive box’ every 100th title. These archive boxes are aimed at major collections, libraries and museums — helping to increase the visibility of the work and making the books publicly accessible for as long as possible. Collectors are wide and varied but include, MoMA NY, Harvard University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, The British Library, The Hyman Collection, Martin Parr Foundation, TATE, V&A / National Art Library’.

Details:
28 pages
14cm x 20cm
black and white digital photography