Recorded in: Milan, Italy
Episode Length: 33:55
Air Date: June 29, 2023
Produced by: Jordan Weitzman
Edited by: Aidan McMahon
On a recent trip passing through Milan, I stopped into MiCamera to talk to Giulia Zorzi about her legendary bookshop. She started it in 2003 with Flavio Franzoni, and has since become one of the best photo bookstores in the world. Just something very special about it - The way that the shop looks and feels - the front room with new titles, and the back room - more like a history of the phonebook museum. Giulia’s become a fixture in the photo book community and hers and Flavio’s efforts have supported and promoted many of the photographers who have been on this show. MiCamera became a gallery too and a venue for workshops with photographers from around the world who pass through.
We sat down In the grotto - the basement of the store, dimly lit, where we had this conversation.
An exhibition by Jason Fulford hangs in the front room of the shop, with new titles on the shelves and tables
The back room of the bookshop - more like a history of the phonebook museum.
Eugenio Tonoli cataloguing books in the front of the store