An Interview with Photographer Ryan McGinley

There's an excellent profile-interview of photographer Ryan McGinley on Artnet. Penned by by Ana Finel Honigman, the article is titled "24-7." By now, you may have seen McGinley's work without knowing who the photographer was. Or, given McGinley's meteoric rise and influence, you may have seen images used in advertising and produced "in the style of" McGinley. (Yet further appropriation by marketers ... Whateva'.) His subjects are often young people, his friends, partying, mucking about, and just being themselves. What first garnered attention for McGinley was a self-produced and self-published 50-page book of his photos. The D.I.Y. art tome was called "The Kids are Alright." According to Artnet, he sent copies of the book to a hundred magazine editors and artists. Later his work started appearing in mags like Index, Vice, and Dazed and Confused. Our favorite image by McGinley of all time is a photo titled "Dash Bombing," which as the title suggests, shows the graf writer named "Dash" perched on a building spraypainting his tag in the dark of night. We've been a fan ever since we saw this image.

Essential Links
Interview with Photographer Ryan McGinley [Artnet]
"Dash Bombing" (2000) by Ryan McGinley [Artnet]
Ryan McGinley Web Site]

Posted by Supercore at February 9, 2006 01:17 AM