 In the same year, Holden Caulfield—the protagonist of J. D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"—became his favorite and ideal character is a series of pastels, along with "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll during 1962–63.In 1963, Bompiani Almanac (dedicated to American Pop Art), the exhibition held at the gallery Il Punto of Remo Pastori and Gianenzo Sperone, and above all, the friendship with Michelangelo Pistoletto, spurred him to make direct use of photographic images.In particular, he used the pages of magazines like "Look", "Life", "L'Espresso", and "Paris Match", in which enquiries, documentaries, and ads all co-existed; anticipating television, which was still structured along theatrical lines.