Richard Renaldi

Richard Renaldi (born 1968 in Chicago) is an American photographer known for large-format portrait projects made in public spaces across the United States. He received a BFA in Photography from New York University in 1990 and is represented by Benrubi Gallery in New York and Robert Morat Galerie in Berlin.

Renaldi is the author of several monographs, including Figure and Ground, Fall River Boys, Touching Strangers, Manhattan Sunday, and I Want Your Love. He received a 2015 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. (Website, Instagram)

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