Lighthouse is a photographic print studio and darkroom in North London run by Mike Crawford. He specialises in fine art printing for exhibitions, print sales and portfolios, working for a wide range of photographers and artists. Having gained his reputation as a traditional black and white printer, much of his work today is digital, printing in both colour and black and white. Lighthouse offers a number of professional services including archival, pigment, inkjet prints up to 44” width on a variety of fine art and baryta papers, scanning, file management and preparation for publication, editioning, as well as traditional black and white darkroom printing. In recent years, he has printed exhibitions for the National Portrait Gallery, Photographer’s Gallery, Paris Photo and Les Recontres d’Arles Festival among others.

The lab was founded in 1988 by photographer Christopher Joyce and printer Jonathan de Villiers. Mike took over the running of the company in 1993 after Jonathan left to start a successful career as a photographer. When Christopher died a year later, he then became the owner of Lighthouse. While the majority of photographic practise has changed from traditional to digital in the last decade, he feels it important to continue working in both mediums, firmly believing that a knowledge of one process, will enhance and improve the other.