Richard Renaldi’s project is quite simple : two or more complete strangers pose for a photograph while touching each other. The result is fascinating.
Richard Renaldi s’est amusé à demander à de parfaits inconnus, croisés dans la rue, de poser pour lui et de se toucher. Selon les personnalités des gens photographiés, les attitudes sont maladroites, décontractées, accueillantes, amusées… Les expressions, les poses sont sublimes. J’aime ces photos où on peut rester longuement à les observer. On tente de comprendre ce qui se passe dans la tête des modèles. On scrute le moindre détail qui confirmera nos impressions. Une idée simple qui fait mouche dès le premier coup d’œil.
Touching Strangers is a an ongoing photographic project stemming from my interest in the dynamics of group portraiture. The premise of this work is simple; I meet two or more people on the street who are strangers to each other, and to me. I ask them if they will pose for a photograph together with the stipulation that they must touch each other in some manner. Just as often, I let their tentative physical exploration play out before my camera with no interference.
I undertook Touching Strangers as a means of bringing new complexity to the art of portrait-making. My objective was to introduce an unpredictable variable in a very traditional photographic formula; to create a spontaneous and fleeting relationship between complete strangers in front of my 8×10 view camera.
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