Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley (born 1977) is an artist photographer from New York City whose works are somewhat similar to certain confessional photographers like Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, and Wolfgang Tillmans.

His subjects include mostly color images of friends and lovers, as well as youth more so on the 'fringes' of society (e.g., Skateboarders, graffiti writers, etc.)

As of 2006, his works have been seen in many galleries and museums. At 24 he was the youngest artist to have a solo show in New York's Whitney Museum of American Art. He has also had solo shows at New York's PS1 and in Spain at the MUSAC in Leon. He is represented by Team Gallery in New York.

His apartment, at one point, had its walls covered with Polaroid pictures of everyone who had ever visited him.

In 2007 he was awarded the Young Photographer Infinity award by the International Center for Photography.

In 2008 Icelandic rock group Sigur Ros decided to use one of Ryan's images for their album "með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust"
‘When you’re 18, everything’s great,’ he says, ‘but as you gets older. Things become harder. You have to pay bills, take care of things. You realise you’re an adult.’ An adult, that is, who is just getting started.

– Wallpaper issued April 2008, p171-174.