Renaldi’s work has been shown at the George Eastman Museum in New York and the Museum of the City of New York. Renaldi is the author of five books, including a visual autobiography, I Want Your Love (Super Labo, 2018). The others are Richard Renaldi: Figure and Ground (Aperture, 2006), Fall River Boys (Charles Lane Press, 2009), Touching Strangers (Aperture, 2014) and Manhattan Sunday (Aperture, 2016). His project Billions Served was featured in the New Yorker and the Financial Times. In 2015, Renaldi received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. In 2008, Renaldi founded Charles Lane Press, dedicated to publishing lesser-known or emerging photographers and overlooked projects. Since 2004, he has been involved with Visual AIDS as an archive member, fundraiser and supporter. In 2011, he received the Bill Olander Award, honouring his commitment to art activism, AIDS advocacy, HIV prevention, education and support of other artists with HIV/AIDS.