Richard Renaldi at the School of Visual Arts
Aperture Conversations
Richard Renaldi at the School of Visual Arts
Tuesday, April 22
7:00 p.m. EST
Photographer Richard Renaldi discusses his most recent project and forthcoming book, Touching Strangers, for which he enlists strangers to enact intimate relationships that exist only for the moment the photograph is taken. His talk is part of the i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration lecture series, which features presentations by digital photographers, hardware and software developers, and industry experts. Presented by the MPS Digital Photography Department.
For more information, visit sva.edu
Richard Renaldi (born in Chicago, 1968) graduated from New York University with a BFA in photography in 1990. He has presented solo exhibitions both in the United States and abroad, including at Fotografins Hus, Stockholm; Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany; and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York. Renaldi’s work has also appeared in group exhibitions, including Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video at the International Center of Photography, New York (2003). Touching Strangers is Renaldi’s third book, following Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006), and Fall River Boys (2009).
Image: Richard Renaldi, Jeromy and Matthew, Columbus, Ohio, 2011
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