Ron McCormick, from a fine arts education in Liverpool to studying photography at the Royal Academy in London, during the 1970s Ron lived on Princelet Street in the heart of the East End.  Cafe Royal books note, ‘he used his life to document the lives of local people from the established Jewish and emergent Bangladeshi communities at work, play, in daily tasks and in their homes…’

Cafe Royal Books

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’.

36 pages
14cm x 20cm
b/w digital