Richard Renaldi, Madison Avenue Portraits
For this series of photographs, Mr. Renaldi set up a large wooden 8 by 10 camera on Madison Avenue, and requested permission of passers-by to photograph them. The subjects are gorgeous ethnographic recitations of cultural markings of the limited field from fur to Fendi.
Much as in painting of the Northern European Renaissance, Mr. Renaldi describes the world of the portrayed in a precise cataloguing of accoutrement and affect.
Mr. Renaldi has exhibited at Gracie Mansion Gallery, Feature, and the 494 Gallery. His work has appeared in New York Magazine, Jane, Time Out/New York, the Village Voice, and many other publications. He received his BFA in photography from New York University.
