Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley was born in NJ and went to Parsons and received his bachelors in graphic design.  He is the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was also awarded Photographer of the year by American Photo Magazine in 2003. He has had several shows at the MOMA.  I found him from the guy jeff luker i posted last week who was at one point ryans assistant. I really cant get enough of this "documentary" like photography.  His work is so open and free. I feel like instead of capturing issues of the teenage population, he is showing how there are parts that are still ok.  These kids look so liberated and free and I feel like people associate that with the late 60's but it is still happening. In his collections of photographs on his website there is a great variety between portraits and abstraction, but they all fit together so perfectly. His composition and timing is always dead on and thats what makes you drawn into them.

Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Public Art Project Space, 2006