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The Lee Library is shown in its best light thanks to Cambridge-based photographer Sara Rawlinson. Rawlinson, who "grew up in her grandma's darkroom" in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been photographing Cambridge libraries for her series, Illuminating Cambridge Libraries, a large photographic study of libraries within Cambridge which aims to honour features that enable the dissemination and preservation of knowledge by highlighting the aesthetic environment in which such books and documents are displayed and preserved.
The series currently consists of over 1,500 images from 26 libraries, some of which can be seen .
A pop-up exhibition of Illuminating Cambridge Libraries will be held at from 11-17 February, opening with a on Monday 11 February featuring poet Michael Brown.
