n the spring of 2000, Richard Renaldi began making frequent trips to the small New England city of Fall River, Massachusetts. Situated a short distance from the Atlantic Coast, Fall River was once at the very center of American textile manufacturing. Renaldi's aim was to photograph the young men of Fall River coming of age in the midst of this industrial city well past its boom years. Made over the course of nine years, the resulting photographs are not brief encounters. Rather, Renaldi's quiet gaze considers his subjects deeply with neither judgment nor irony. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of a city where young men grow into manhood surrounded by a landscape of idyllic natural beauty, yet frayed at the margins by darkened relics of an industrial past. Like the city of Fall River itself, the boys looking into Renaldi's lens face an uncertain future—one hinting at possibility, but promising nothing. This extraordinary body of work—comprised of both portraits and landscapes—is gathered for the first time in Renaldi's long-awaited second monograph. Beautifully produced with a cloth case and rich tritone reproductions, Fall River Boys also features an original essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham. Fall River Boys is published in a limited edition of 1,200. A small number of signed copies are available here through Aperture's Curated Collection.