Ryan McGinley is a famous photographer born on the 17th day of October 1977 in Ramsey, New Jersey. He is the youngest of eight children. When he grew up, he begun living at The Big Apple which is when he began to do photography. His friends previously were graffiti writers, musicians and many other artists. In the year 1998, he begun to make snap shots of numerous people. He takes photos of the people who would visit him in his place, after which tries to hang the Polaroid photos of these people in the walls of his room.McGinley started to place in public his photos in the year 2000 at West Broadway in Manhattan.
He started sharing his hand-made book of photos to those people he'd utmost respect for; such as Sylvia Wolf. He had given the book the title The Kids Are Alright. He had given Wolf the book considering Wolf had been part of the success of McGinley. She has been supporting him and ushering him to set to public his works and made an exhibition onto the Whitney Museum of American Art walls.In the year 2003 when McGinley was at the age of 25, he'd been presented by the American Photo Magazine the Photographer of the Year. Working on what he preferred the most, McGinley has become one very famous photographers.
At the very young age, he was handed the privilege by the Whitney Museum of American Art to make a solo show displaying his complete great work of art. Displaying the images he'd taken along his journey to digital photography world. He'd also been presented the honor as the Young Photographer Infinity Award presented to him by the International Center of Photography.Continuing his work and caring what he loved, McGinley never quit exploring and finding methods to catch a significant scene. He had documented a lot of his works and that he even had exhibitions one a lot of times.
He'd his exhibit around 2007 where he referred to it as Irregular Regulars held at the Team Gallery in SoHo wherein he took photos from a concert he visited at the US, London and UK; taking candid shots of fans, the ecstatic lights and also the celebration of the moment. He also had his exhibit show in the year 2008 also held at Team Gallery. He named his show I Know Where the Summer Goes. He had captured the minutes and the extreme joy of the trip. Taking photos of his group play with each other, had fun together. He had one too many exhibits all because he was always been loved by the public for his photos.Up to the current, McGinley still works as a photographer. To him, photography is roughly freezing the moment on time; it is all about restoring the moment and keeping that stage in a lifetime.