Mylar and Fire

Mylar and Fire documents a bookstore in Rochester, NY, and the people that bring life to it. While Mylar and Fire follows one particular bookstore, Small World Books, I started this project to evoke the more universal feelings of community, curiosity, and empathy embodied by the act of reading. At the core of the story is the owner, Rocco, and the cast of book club regulars that gather in the backyard. Books often serve as doors between the real and the fictional. Through reading and discussing books, they can allow us to understand perspectives that would otherwise remain inaccessible.