Rex is a regular coffee drinker and if ever you were to meet him you would instantly know that he was a straight up kind of guy. Rex keeps a quiet eye on our town. He rises early and walks the hills around Lyttelton. Rex knows stuff. People share with him because they know that he is that straight up kind of guy. He can be trusted. Our town also has its share of Astral travelers, bad eggs, party radicals, poets and pop stars. There is a lot of spirit here ... all under the quiet and watchful eye of Rex. James and Co at the Lyttelton Coffee Company make the coffees that keep these spirits on form. Between Rex and James, and the other watchful eyes, the heart and soul of our little town rises, falls, turns, twists, and beats. The photographic community is the same. There are the watchers, the leaders, the good and the bad, and the coffee makers. Queensberry wants to nurture a community where the poets, pop stars, Astral travelers, and all of the other photographers feel able to grow, and share with the safety of knowing they are not being judged. They want to take it further though. They want to inform, create a resource, make the best albums they can, and stimulate education through sharing. A coffee shop does not succeed on its coffee alone, it lives in the conversations that happen there! To call Queensberry a coffee shop would be understating their intentions ... but to recognise them as a place for a conversation is heading in the right direction. On our UK tour it was great talking to the people who came, like the Rankines. Many of them were QBY clients. I felt the potential and I hope you'll be part of it. Best, Johannes He's right. Please don't be a stranger. Comment ... link ... tweet (retweet) ... or how about writing something for us? - ED.