https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/files/original/b91d2dfd8b1031eed02dbaf2c161499c.jpg 9d014cac16c1f3b0b9434470f9a67987 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource In Dialogue with the Collection: Student Perspectives Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Self-Published at The Photobook Cafe Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ravensbourne Students Description An account of the resource Ravensbourne BA Digital Photography Internship Programme fully funded by The Photobook Cafe and Rapid Eye Darkrooms We are delighted to welcome BA Digital Photography students from Ravensbourne University London to The Photobook Café for a six-week work placement programme running throughout March and April. This opportunity has been fully funded by The Photobook Café and Rapid Eye Darkrooms. During their time with us, students will take part in an intensive, multi-strand programme designed to provide practical, professional experience across the breadth of a working cultural organisation. The placement is structured across four core strands, enabling students to develop a broad and practical understanding of working within a cultural organisation. Through research and writing, they engage critically with the photobook collection while producing a substantial written project; through curation and public programming, they gain hands-on experience in exhibition-making, contributing to displays, talks, and artist liaison; through communications and documentation, they build skills in audience engagement across social media, editorial content, and visual documentation; and through facilitation and community engagement, they support and co-deliver zine workshops and participatory sessions. In addition, the programme includes specialist sessions such as an industry shadowing visit to Rapid Eye, offering insight into a leading independent photography space, and a business operations session led by The Photobook Cafe’s Director, introducing the practical and financial realities of running a sustainable cultural venue. Throughout April, a curated selection of photobooks studied by the cohort will be on public display in The Photobook Cafe and Rapid Eye Darkrooms. Each of the ten participating students has selected titles that reflect and support their individual practices and interests in printed matter. These selections are accompanied by a written research thesis, produced in-house as a series of zines, with each publication entering The Photobook Café’s permanent collection for visitors to read and reference. This work is particularly significant in the context of increasing inaccessibility to specialist materials, photobooks are often difficult to access, even within universities where library collections are being reduced. Through the placement, each student spends approximately 70 hours engaging directly with our collection, developing a deeper understanding of how an archive is built and activated, while also bringing attention to underrepresented publications and expanding the breadth of sub-genres within the existing collection. Alongside the physical displays at The Photobook Café and Rapid Eye darkrooms, the exhibitions will also be presented within our online photobook collection. This digital iteration ensures that the featured publications and research can be accessed by audiences worldwide, extending the reach and longevity of the programme beyond the physical space. The selected photobooks include Open Mic by Ewen Spencer, Bare With Me by Begum Yetis, Everwonderful by Jeano Edwards, The Wedding by Nick Waplington, and Metamorphosis, A Retrieval of Love by Samuel Zhang. Also featured are Iceland: Living with the Elements by Laura Kopold, Ogrody Szczęśliwości (Gardens of Bliss) by Artur Rychlicki, Somerset: A View from the Hill by Matilda Temperley, Wheal by Jack Whitefield, and Parways: A Photographic Journal Along the Ridgeway by Matt Writtle. Further works include English Landscapes by Fionn Reilly, Après l'Été by Roberto Badin, An American Mile by Kyle McDougall, Silvertown by Allan Forrester Parker, A Star in the Sky by Laura El-Tantawy, J’ by Pamela Maddaleno, RWS by Alisha Brocklebank, and Front Door by Ocean Farini. Additional titles include Original Magazine Vol. 2, Without by Martina Bjorn, Folks with the Notes by Jonny Nolan, Blood Sweat and Tears by Jody Evans, Colorway by Sophie Hustswick, Lost in Staten Island by Juanita Richards, Konkursas by Francessca Allen, and Ròżowy Nie Istnieje by Iwona Germanek. Other featured works are The Anonymous Project by Martin Parr, I’ve Lived in London for 86 Years by Martin Usborne, One Day Young by Jenny Lewis, For Every Minute You Are Angry You Lose Sixty Seconds of Happiness by Julian Germain, My Father’s Things by Wendy Aldiss, Characters of the London Colour Walk: In Their Own Words by Athanasios Athanasiadou, European Portrait Photography Since 1990, People of the Mud by Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Coming Up for Air by Stephen Gill, The Wild Resistant by Alina Hibert, Alexander McQueen: Working Process by Nick Waplington, and Drowning Light by Rhys Frampton. Book Photo Book Edition Size Edition Size 2 Place of Publication Place of Publication 2026 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Photobook Cafe Title A name given to the resource 2134.IN DIALOGUE WITH THE COLLECTION: STUDENT PERSPECTIVES