David Hoffman Barbican 1975 Limited Edition Zine by Café Royal Publishers

This year is the 50th anniversary of the first residents getting front door keys to their homes on the iconic brutalist estate. David Hoffman has worked as an independent photojournalist specialising in social issues since the mid-1970s. In 1975 David visited the Barbican Estate capturing not just an estate still in development but also a very different Britain.

David is a board member of the British Photographic Council and a founding member of the Editorial Photographers UK, the NUJ London Photographers’ Branch and Photo-Forum London.

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:
36 pages
14cm x 20cm
black and white digital photography

Limited Edition Item