Richard Renaldi: Manhattan Sunday

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Manhattan Sunday is a photographic homage to New York nightlife and a meditative celebration of Manhattan's layered identity. Richard Renaldi reflects on his youthful experiences in the late 1980s as a newly out gay man, discovering community and transformation in the city’s clubs and dawn-lit streets. His portraits, landscapes, and club interiors capture the city’s nocturnal vibrancy and its persistent blend of decadence and dreams, offering both a personal memoir and an evolving portrait of New York's cultural palimpsest.
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Ideal for readers interested in photography, LGBTQ+ histories, and urban cultural studies, as well as those drawn to artistic explorations of identity and nightlife in New York City.

Part homage to a slice of New York nightlife, and part celebration of New York as palimpsest - an evolving form onto which millions of people have and continue to project their ideal selves and ideal lives, this book describes the author's experiences as a young man in the late 1980s who had recently embraced his gay identity.

Manhattan Sunday is part homage to a slice of New York nightlife, and part celebration of New York as palimpsest-an evolving form onto which millions of people have and continue to project their ideal selves and ideal lives. In the essay that accompanies his photographs, Richard Renaldi describes his experiences as a young man in the late 1980s who had recently embraced his gay identity, and of finding a home in "the mystery and abandonment of the club, the nightscape, and then finally daybreak," each offering a "transformation of Manhattan from the known world into a dreamscape of characters acting out their fantasies on a grand stage."

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Manhattan Sunday is part homage to a slice of New York nightlife, and part celebration of New York as a palimpsest - an evolving form onto which millions of people have and continue to project their ideal selves and ideal lives.

In the essay that accompanies his photographs, Richard Renaldi describes his experiences as a young man in the late 1980s who had recently embraced his gay identity, and of finding a home in "the mystery and abandonment of the club, the nightscape, and then finally daybreak," each offering a "transformation of Manhattan from the known world into a dreamscape of characters acting out their fantasies on a grand stage."

Drawing heavily on his personal subcultural pathways, Renaldi captures that ethereal moment when Saturday night bleeds into Sunday morning across the borough of Manhattan. This collection of portraits, landscapes, and club interiors evokes the vibrant nighttime rhythms of a city that persists in both its decadence and its dreams, despite beliefs to the contrary.

Manhattan Sunday is a personal memoir that also offers a reflection on the city's evolving identity—one that still carries with it and cherishes the echoes of its past.

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Although Manhattan Sunday itself lacks direct reviews here, Richard Renaldi is acclaimed for capturing evocative, intimate moments that explore identity and human connection. Critics have praised his work for breaking down cultural boundaries and weaving subtle narratives around strangers, revealing moments of vulnerability and shared humanity. His photographic style is noted for its ethereal quality and emotional depth.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597113762

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 November 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: Illustrated in tritone throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 278.0mm

Height: 326.0mm

Weight: 2180g

Pages: 184

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Arts & Culture LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction

About the Author

Richard Renaldi (born in Chicago, 1968) graduated from New York University with a BFA in photography in 1990. Renaldi is represented by Benrubi Gallery, New York, and Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin. Manhattan Sunday is Renaldi’s fourth book, following Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006), Fall River Boys (2009), and Touching Strangers (Aperture, 2014). In 2015, he was named a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in Photography.