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-five, 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 figures active within the American landscape.
ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY’S NOTABLE BOOKS OF FALL 2024 “…encompasses 10 years of the photographer’s playful and emotionally vulnerable nude studio portraits of his friends and peers.” – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY