Five million photographic objects. A time of transition. A photographic heritage of international interest with a history that began in 1852. A move from the headquarters at Largo Alinari 1 in the center of Florence to a specialized storage facility in the Calenzano industrial park on the city's outskirts. A waiting period between the acquisition by the Regione Toscana and the transfer to the future headquarters of the new Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia. A milestone shift from private company to public institution. In the second half of 2020, a group of scholars reflected on the potentials of this transitional state, while photographer and filmmaker Armin Linke documented the stored crates and boxes, and listened to some of the actors involved in the Alinari firm and the recent institutional transformation. A dialogue between theory and practice that examines and questions the process of institutionalizing photographic archives.