2. 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.
3. 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.
8. 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
10. • Team Gallery, New York, Everybody Knows
This Is Nowhere, 2010
• London, Out of Focus,
2012
11. 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”
