THE PROBLEM

Some state schools we work with have seen funding for art materials cut from £8.25 to £1.85 per child, per year. They are under-funded and cannot afford expensive resource like photobooks.

“Art and Photography GCSE and A level students are expected to draw ideas and inspiration from a range of contextual sources, in order to develop their own body of work. Unfortunately, many schools are unable to provide a wealth of resources, such as photo books, due to shredded budgets and underfunding in state schools.”

Rachel Jones, photography teacher in Edmonton, London

THE SOLUTION

We believe that all student photographers deserve to have access to great quality resources for their arts education, and the solution to that lies in inspiring them with printed photography books.

Since our first drop, we have so far donated:

500+ photo-books

10x Sony cameras

2x Profoto mobile lighting rigs

To schools in Dorset, Kent, and London, with many more lined up for this year.

The project has so far been generously supported by several book publishers and a huge swell of generous photographers across the country, all kindly donating their art and photo-books as well as: