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Ryan McGinley

By Fran Divorty

Where was he born?

• Ryan McGinley was born into a middle class American family in New Jersey in 1977 He is the youngest of eight children

• He started studying Graphic Design at Parsons School of

Design in 1995 • Form an early age his peers and mentors were skateboards,

graffiti writers, musicians and artists • In 1998 he start to make photographs of his friends and

produced a handmade book called ‘The Kids are Alright’ which went on to be exhibited in 2003 in the Whitney Museum of American Art.

What is special about him

• McGinley’s message in his photography is that it does not matter if you are a skater, graffiti artist, Gay or straight its an new age and he wants to show all of it no matter what culture background his friends are from

• The only technical part of his photography I could find is that he shoots on a 35mm film, but I’m not sure if that is all the time.

Self-portrait

What type of style does he use?

Ground zero 2001, New York

Spring and By Summer Fall, San Francisco 2008, Ratio 3.

Exhibition: The New Ages of Life, Italy

Work he is best know for

Exhibitions

• McGinley had his first solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2003 “The Kids are Alright”

• Ratio 3, San Francisco, Spring and By Summer Fall, 2008

• Team Gallery, New York, Irregular Regulars, 2007

• Team Gallery, New York, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 2010

• London, Out of Focus,

2012

Awards

• Photographer of the Year, American Photo Magazine in 2003

• ICP Infinity Award: Young Photographer, International Centre of Photography in 2007

• Gold Medal: Society of Publication Designers, for The New York Times Magazine. In May, 2010, “M.I.A. Takes to the Streets”

Any questions?