Richard Renaldi is a contemporary photographer using an 8x10 view camera to capture his images. In the Touching Strangers series, Renaldi finds two complete strangers and asks them to pose in intimate ways. These poses are those you only would reserve for close friends, family, and relationships.
Cassie Ryalls
“I am interested in the way that human beings relate to one another. I explore human relationships and interactions by stripping the figure of details that would lead to a specific identity. My figures are connected through anonymity and the very nature of existence... Humans constantly seek to uniquely identify themselves in every way they can: through myspace.com, bumper stickers, t-shirts, tattoos, ring tones, etc. In our search for individuality, there is still a desire to belong and connect; a fight for meaningful existence in a crowded world” (Lomuto, 2010, para. 1-2). -Cassie Ryalls