In the nineteen sixties America was a myth and Nespolo went there often; in the eighties he settled in New York and every day, camera in hand, wandered the streets, immersing himself in a world that was changing, full of ferment and tension.

The volume gathers forty pictures made in the city between 1981 and 1997, which record those legendary years and help to explain some of the roots of his work as a painter. It also carries the presentation written by Furio Colombo for his solo show in New York in 1983 and an interview by Sandro Parmiggiani.