Photography

Coney Island is a legendary place by the seaside, just an hour from Manhattan. Known for the old fun-fair “Luna Park”, Coney Island was known as an attraction for the weird and wonderful shows it put on. In recent years it has changed greatly and the whole area has been restructured. But Coney Island still exudes a peculiar and extraordinary charm, a zone apart, inhabited by “contemporary freaks”.

This photographic journal attempts to explore the very different ways in which we, as Italians, conduct ourselves on our beaches; what we do, how we eat, how we treat each other. The average Italian holidaymaker can rarely afford the posh Riveras known internationally and instead we tend to congregate in an environment that is cheap, animated and open to all. From south to north, from refined old ladies, athletic young men and a few resourceful foreigners, this is a journey across Italy that casts an ironic eye on the beaches and the characters that inhabit them.