Cafe Royal Books

Since we began in 2005, we have produced over 900 titles, creating a body of work that presents a broad, previously underrepresented spectrum of documentary-type photography, with links to the British Isles. We include the work of British and Irish photographers working overseas, and international photographers working in the UK and Ireland. Our books document communities, streets, events, and cultural moments, offering a platform for images and archives that might otherwise remain unseen. We work…

Since we began in 2005, we have produced over 900 titles, creating a body of work that presents a broad, previously underrepresented spectrum of documentary-type photography, with links to the British Isles. We include the work of British and Irish photographers working overseas, and international photographers working in the UK and Ireland. Our books document communities, streets, events, and cultural moments, offering a platform for images and archives that might otherwise remain unseen. We work with photographers whose practice is rooted in the everyday, the overlooked, and the historically significant. The projects we publish span music, youth, fashion, and subcultures, religion, protest, and leisure. Generally archive material, at least 15 years old at the time of publishing. Our publications present each image and sequence without commentary or interpretation. Each book is a record: a way of seeing a place, a moment, or a movement, offered on its own terms.