Richard Renaldi: Touching Strangers

Jeromy and Matthewâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

Columbus, Ohio, 2011

Tom, Alaina, and Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

San Francisco, california, 2012

Sonia, Zach, Raekwon, and Antonioâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

Tampa, Florida, 2011

Michael and Kimberlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

New York, new york, 2011

Tari, Shawn, and Summerâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

Los Angeles, california, 2012

Alfredo and Jessicaâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

Queens, New York, 2011

Nathan and Robynâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2012

Heather and Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x201A;

San Francisco, california, 2012

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Richard Renaldi: Touching Strangers

Published on Apr 17, 2014

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Since 2007, Richard Renaldi has been working on a series of photographs that involve approaching and asking complete strangers to physically interact while posing together for a portrait. Working on the street with a large format 8-by-10-inch view camera, Renaldi encounters the subjects for his photographs in towns and cities all over the United States. He pairs them up and invites them to pose together, creating spontaneous and fleeting relationships between strangers for the camera, often pushing his subjects beyond their comfort levels. These relationships may only last for the moment the shutter is released, but the resulting photographs are moving and provocative, and raise profound questions about the possibilities for positive human connection. Published by Aperture.

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