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Ryan McGinley is an American photographer known for his works that focus on teenagers and natural landscapes. His photographs often have a dreamlike quality, capturing the carefree lifestyle of young people in natural settings.

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Famous Ryan McGinley Quotes

“A camera gives you a purpose.”

Giving Purpose Cameras

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“I think a lot about control nowadays, and I really want to let go and just be more in the moment.”

Thinking Want Moments Letting Go

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“The camera gives you some control.”

Giving Cameras

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“In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Way Looks Has Beens Stills Able Levels Cameras Communicate Shy

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“When I moved to New York, I was still in the closet.”

Stills New York Moved Closets

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“I just remember how excited I was to have a boyfriend and be in love and to document it.”

Remember Excited Documents

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“Everyone started to have a camera. That's when I started to travel outside of New York and go into nature.”

New York Cameras

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“I really don't want to be part of just one group. I'm interested in doing everything - making music videos, shooting campaigns, having -gallery and museum shows, making movies. Everyone wants to put you in a box, and I'm afraid I'm not that kind of person.”

Kind

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“I got a lot of attention when I was really young, and people have it in their minds that I'm still 24 years old. So I made the decision that I had photographed everything I was interested in in New York. New York is a town you have to embrace, but you also need to leave. I may revisit it one day, but for me it's a place to live rather than one to make work in.”

People Mind Decision Attention One Day Embrace

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“It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.”

Photographer Divorce

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“Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.”

Helping Asks Students Ask Me Mail Supportive Financing Patron Supportive Family

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“I've been attracted to Kate Moss since I was a teenager.”

Teenager Kate Moss

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“I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.”

Dream Reality Term Equal Atmosphere Dreams And Reality

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“You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and the way that things are placed and the way people hold themselves. You need the ability to see something in someone or something that no one else really sees and be able to bring that to light. Basically, you have to be an obsessive crazy person.”

People Ifs Way Needs Persons Light Able Ability Crazy Cameras Obsessive Ability To See Crazy Person

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About the Author

Born: October 17, 1977
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 64

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