In Photos: The 1960s American Dream

Fashion students, New York, 1966

In 1966, budding Italian photographer Mario Carnicelli won a scholarship to photograph the United States. A new publication documents his discoveries, as he traveled across the country, taking in cities from Chicago and Buffalo to San Francisco, and New York.

Airport payphones, Chicago, 1966

Carnicelli was as fascinated by the country’s diversity, individuality and pursuit of happiness …

Two girls in a car, Washington DC, 1967

… as he was by the loneliness and rootlessness he observed in its people