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Photographer Richard Renaldi is working on an ongoing photo project called Touching Strangers, which is basically what it sounds like, only less dirty. Here's the premise, according to him:
"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. Frequently, I instruct or coach the subjects how to touch. Just as often, I let their tentative physical exploration play out before my camera with no interference...Touching Strangers encourages viewers to think about how we relate physically to one another, and to entertain the possibility that there is unlimited potential for new relationships with almost everybody passing by."
Which is interesting -- it's interesting to think about all the minute, codified rules we have about touching and levels of intimacy. It's interesting to think about what we might gain (and lose) by playing with those limits. And most of all, it's interesting to think about how insanely uncomfortable I'd be participating in this whole exercise.
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