He had won a photography competition in Italy at the age of 29 and the prize was a trip to America. This photograph, showing a man walking past a shop window full of white nurses’ outfits, was taken in the outskirts of New York. When they were first exhibited in Milan in the 1960s, the working title was I’m Sorry, America. He explains: “I’m sorry, America, but this is how I saw you. A book of the same name will be published in May by Reel Art Press

Source: The Guardian April 14, 2018 16:52 UTC