“I have a really big family, and pretty much all my work is about my brothers and sisters. I'm the youngest of eight - my mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later - so I was basically raised by all these teenagers.” YearsBigsKidsBrotherMomRaisedSevenMy MomEightTeenagerMy BrotherBrothers And SistersSeven YearsBig Families Author:Ryan McGinley
“I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I would have the animals on set, I'd notice the way the models would interact with them and there was so much true emotion that you rarely see between two human beings.” PeopleWayYearsHumansTwoHuman BeingsAnimalEmotionModelsTrue Emotions Author:Ryan McGinley
“My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my oldest brother was 18. And my youngest brother was 11. By the time I was 7 or 8, everyone had moved out. I went from being with ten people all the time to being an only child. It really freaked me out.” PeopleYearsChildrenKidsBornBrotherMomTenMovedSevenMy MomSeven YearsOnly Child Author:Ryan McGinley
“My dad was in the Korean War. He got shot seven times. He had seven bullet holes in him. And out of his troop of 35 guys, he was one of nine guys that came back. And when he came back from that he had seven kids in seven years.” YearsWarKidsGuyDadShotsSevenMy DadNineHolesBulletsSeven YearsKoreanKorean War Author:Ryan McGinley
“Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third and fourth year, and photography my fifth.” YearsFirstsSchoolStudyDesignPaintingPhotographyThirdsFourthFifthGraphicGraphic DesignFourth Year Author:Ryan McGinley
“Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out of was the intense feeling of growing up. It sounds kind of cliché, but it's true.” PeopleYearsKindFeelingsSoundRealizingGrowing UpGrowingIntenseJust BeingIntense Feelings Author:Ryan McGinley
