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 eight-by-ten-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, intimately, in ways that people are usually taught to reserve for their close friends and loved ones. Click here for a preview.

Events

New York: April 3–May 15, 2014: Touching Strangers Exhibition, Aperture Gallery

New York: April 17–June 7, 2014: This Grand Show Exhibition, Bonni Benrubi Gallery

Los Angeles: April 26, 2014: Book signing, Paris Photo LA

Toronto: May 2014: Touching Strangers Exhibition, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

Chicago: May 30–August 2, 2015: Touching Strangers exhibition, Loyola University Museum of Art

Portland: July 14, 2014: Richard Renaldi Guest artist, Maine College of Art

Saugatuck, MI: August 2014: Touching Strangers Exhibition, Saugatuck Center for the Arts

Seattle: September 10–October 29, 2014: Touching Strangers exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest

Seattle: September 12, 2014: Lecture and workshop,The Photo Center Northwest

Cincinnati: October 2014: Touching Strangers Exhibition, Fotofocus

Lancaster, PA: October 2014: Lecture, Lancaster Literary Guild

West Lafayette, IN: February 2015: Touching Strangers Exhibition, Purdue University

Click here to see a list of stores where Touching Strangers will be available.

Comments are closed.