Nov
What if I told you the couple didn’t know each other until the photo was taken? In fact that’s the premise of photographer Richard Rinaldi’s Touching Strangers project. He’s done well to seek interesting pairings and backdrops to create intimate moments between complete strangers. Most of the portraits feel natural, leading the viewer to believe that the subjects know each other well or belong to the same family. I wish Richard would include a commentary for the photos, describing where and how the pairings happened and the subsequent reaction of the subjects. He recounts a couple of stories in the blog interview below.
I wanted the images to explore how notions of trust, love, social conventions, and taboos are expressed through body language. After that it was really just getting up the courage to actually go out and do it. (via Conscientious)
