Manchester and Salford 1980s - Ian Beesley

Manchester and Salford 1980s - Ian Beesley - Café Royal Books

Ian Beesley is an award winning and internationally acclaimed artist and photographer. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at Milan Photo festival, Italy, the International Industrial Photography festival, Shengyang China, The National Media Museum, Bradford and the Peoples History Museum Manchester.

His work is held in the collections of the National Media Museum Bradford, The Royal Photographic Society,The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, and the National Museum of Labour, Helsinki, amongst many other important National collections.

He has published 25 books.

In 2012 he was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.

He is currently artist in residence for the Bradford Institute of Health Research/Born in Bradford, artist in residence for the University of Bristol’s School of Social & Community Medicine and artist in residence for Chetham’s Library, Manchester and Gallery Oldham.

• 32 pages
• printed in the UK
• staple bound
• 14cm x 20cm

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"Café Royal Books is the idea of Craig Atkinson, an artist and lecturer. Our first title was published in 2005.

Craig wanted to create a way to make artwork accessible to a wider audience. The solution needed to be small, functional, open to collaboration, affordable, and work independently of galleries. These ideas remain at the heart of what we do.

We’re a small family-run publisher based in England, next to the woodland, dunes, and windswept beaches of the North West coast — we’re always inspired by the vastness, calm and energy of this environment. 

We make weekly publications, focussing on documentary photography linked to Britain and Ireland, printed and bound locally by a small 170 year old printing company. Libraries and museums around the world collect the books, so the work will remain preserved and accessible for many years. Our books don’t need batteries, or screens. We hope they will be used, create conversation and be passed down through family generations."

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