Fulvio Magurno's 'Librarium' Explores the Book in Photography

Fulvio Magurno's exhibition 'Librarium' at Alessia Paladini Gallery in Milan showcases his thematic photography of books. The works, created between the mid-1980s and 1990s across Europe, Africa, and Asia, depict books in various contexts—ancient, modern, sacred, and profane. Magurno, born in Ravanusa in 1958 and based in Genoa, uses refined photography without tricks, crafting narrative images where the book is the protagonist. Each image carries explicit references to antiquity and recent centuries, inviting slow observation to discover details. The exhibition highlights the book as an object of discovery and management, contrasting with the rise of new technologies.