Our Photobook Library

Zontiga’s photobook library is dedicated to the entire discipline of photography, housing an extensive collection of photobooks and other resources including rare out-of-prints, zines, journals, editions, prints and merchandise.

Our library is organised into 6 categories:
  • Artist Collection
  • Biography & History
  • Camera & Equipment Guides
  • Discussion & Theory
  • Exhibition/Festival Catalogues
  • Periodicals
With nearly 400 titles currently in our library, we hope to become a one-stop resource with an aim to provide information and inspiration to anyone interested in photography.

All the books in our collection are free to read in-store.

Opening Hours

The library is located in Zontiga PJ and open during our operation hours:

Monday & Tuesday: 12pm - 6pm
Friday: 12pm - 10pm
Saturday & Sunday: 12pm - 7pm

Online Library Catalogue

This catalogue records all the books available in Zontiga’s library. We have 432 books in our collection (as of September 2024).

Access our Online Library Catalogue here.

Support us / Donate books

We believe in the power and culture of resource sharing, and accept book donations from everyone to enrich our photobook library and help grow it into a one-stop’ resource library for photography.

To everyone who has donated and supported our library thus far... a big thank you for helping our library!

Donation Guidelines

We accept:

  • All hardcover and paperback photography related books in good condition
  • Zines, journals, photo exhibition catalogues
  • Photography learning materials

We are unable to accept:

  • Instruction or operation manual of camera
  • Existing book in library collection (if more than 2)
  • Journals and yearbooks of photographic societies

How to donate

You may drop off the books during our operation hours or post us the books at:

Zontiga (Photobook Library)
No.21A, Jalan 20/13, Taman Paramount
46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Support us

Zontiga’s library is reliant on the support of our community to help us continue our mission in nurturing the love for photography. Your support will make a huge difference and be deeply appreciated.

If you don't have books to donate but would like to support us, you may buy us a ko-fi :)

Or, you may also co-donate a book with us! Just use the code "donate2library" at checkout to purchase a book at a 50% discount from our store —Zontiga will cover the other 50%. Please note that the book won’t be shipped to you; it will be sent directly to our library. As a token of our appreciation, you’ll receive a thank you gift from us.