Tagadà is a coming of age project started in 2014 and shot around summer fun fairs all over Italy

Tagadà is the most fun of all rides at the funfair. Big scary rides find no place in the local fun fairs of the Italian countryside, so Tagadà is the ultimate challenge. It’s the big monster at the end of a videogame. It’s fear and laughter at the same time. A split second of madness. Body first and mind to follow, both getting out of control. Tagadà makes you bounce, it makes your head spin. Eyes become so heavy you must squint them. One shouldn’t drink much before getting on the Tagadà, but obviously everyone drinks way too much before getting on the Tagadà. Things no longer look as they are. Welcome to your teenage years.

Photographs by Paolo Zerbini. Skinnerboox, Jesi, Italy, 2023. 150 pages. 9½x13¼".