I first came across Ryan McGinley's images a while ago when I worked on Art World Magazine and I had the pleasure of spending considerable time choosing selections of his images for the issue. Since then he's moved from being the beau of the NYC fine art scene to bona-fide international photographer in demand - as can be seen in his recent work for the New York Times magazine. I really liked Moonmilk (currently being shown at the Rove gallery in London as part of a group show), but editorial photography is a very different beast to fashion and fine art...yet these images are, again, stunning. Choosing McGinley to shoot sport after his history of fashion, and his main body of work - photographing the NYC lo-fi art scene (along with many intimate portraits of the late Dash Snow) was inspired commissioning. I'd like to think I'd be that bold in my choices given the chance (and budget).
There's something about how McGinley uses natural light that I find impressive...another name on the list of people I'd love to commission but would hate to brief (one place below Nadav Kander).
More here: http://www.ryanmcginley.com/
Image copyright - Ryan McGinley / NY Times 2010
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