Ryan McGinley Author

Ryan McGinley (b. 1977) is a New York based artist who was raised in Ramsey, New Jersey. After moving to New York City, he began extensively photographing in the East Village. At age twenty-?ve, he became the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Over the last ten years, McGinley has traveled throughout the United States to create work incorporating nude ?gures active within the American landscape. McGinley s work has evolved from making documentary photographs to orchestrating scenes where he directs people according to his creative vision.