These are some photographs by richard renaldi of people and there surroundings.

"Richard Renaldi is a photographer in love with looking. He searches for the brief encounter, that fleeting moment when a stranger opens his life to him and, con sequently, to the viewer. His trust in the descriptive and empathic ability of the camera verges on that of his nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century predecessors. Can we gain insight into the person in front of us simply by staring fixedly into his face, by capturing his figure in crisp detail on film? Renaldi leads us to believe, despite rumor to the contrary, we just might." aperture website.

these photographs have given me inspiration for the book that i am going to create, a contrast of two genres of portrait and land scape that brings an insight into the models lives and there surroundings. something i wish to portray in my photographs.