This special feature takes readers on a journey to the heart of Italy through a selection of photo books. Far from tourist clichés, these works offer a variety of perspectives on a country shaped by its history, landscapes, traditions, and contemporary contradictions.

A photo book offers a unique way to engage with images: you flip through the pages, linger on certain images, and flip back. Each volume becomes a visual narrative, a personal journey through Italy as told by photographers with diverse perspectives.

This selection is an invitation to travel, not geographically, but emotionally, bringing together a selection of books by Italian and foreign photographers dedicated to this country. Each work offers a unique vision: landscapes, scenes from everyday life, fragments of history, or contemporary perspectives.

Marc Verrecchia has been a bookseller on the banks of the Seine in Paris for 30 years. A specialist in fine art and photography books,

For all these years, he has been collecting books about Italy, a tiny fraction of which he shares with us at L'INAPERÇU.