I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Everyone started to have a camera. That's when I started to travel outside of New York and go into nature. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
When I was in art school, the photo kids were separated from the rest. If you did sculpture or painting or graphic… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I can work with shyness, but for the most part I want people to feel comfortable with me. It's really more about… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
The thing about being a photographer that's so cool is that you get to participate, but you also get to disappear. The… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that -… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
In college, all my friends were graffiti writers, but I never wrote graffiti. I wanted to participate and do something cool on… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
“All I wanted to do was make pictures of anything and everything. One of my favorite things to do back then would… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
A lot of people, even my parents, thought, "Art school, I don't know. We'll support you but the success rate for artists is really… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
I want to venture into film more, and I think that a nice way to transition into doing that would be a documentary. I… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
I knew my ticket out of the suburbs was art school, so I worked really hard to develop my portfolio and get a scholarship. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
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,… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is real. There… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
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… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and the way… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share
