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“Growing up, my room was covered in posters. I was like, "I want to make posters."”

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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. more

“I was studying graphic design at the time, when negative scanners and all that stuff was coming out, and you could do it all in your apartment. So I would shoot, make contact sheets, scan all the cool negatives, and make all these zines and books of my photos to give to my friends. I was really into zine- and bookmaking from skate culture.”

Giving Book Culture Stuff Study Design My Friends Negative Contact Coming Out Apartment Sheets Graphic Graphic Design Skates Zines

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“The cool part about New York is that you can do that. You can talk to all the people you admire.”

People Can Do New York Admire

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“A lot of my close friends have committed suicide or died of heroin overdoses.”

Died Suicide Committed Heroin Close Friends Overdose

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“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.”

People Years Kind Feelings Sound Realizing Growing Up Growing Intense Just Being Intense Feelings

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“What I really believe is that there are no coincidences anymore.”

Believe Coincidence

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“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”

World Life Art Soul Wisdom School Pain Growth Trouble Depression Adversity Feeling Depressed

Book:Delphi Complete Works of John Keats (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Keats (Illustrated)

“You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull.”

People Needs

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“Whatever emotions you're going through, you somehow seek out the people that are going through similar emotions or that maybe have something you need.”

People Needs Emotion

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“I spent all of my money on film. I remember I would do these set-design jobs or transcribe or just anything to get, like, a $100 check and go immediately to Adorama and buy expired film.”

Jobs Remember Film Design Checks Expired

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“The thing about being a photographer that's so cool is that you get to participate, but you also get to disappear. The camera is in front of your face all the time.”

Faces Fronts Cameras Photographer Disappear Your Face

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