Ryan McGinley Quotes

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• It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.
• 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…
• I've been attracted to Kate Moss since I was a teenager.
• I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.
• 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…
• All I do is make photos. It's my life.
• Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models…
• I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images.
• I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.
• I'm interested in reaching the masses with my work. It's one of my goals.
• I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.
• I'm making the art for me first. I'm making it because these are the pictures I want to see. I'm making pictures that don't yet…
• All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work…
• I can work with shyness, but for the most part I want people to feel comfortable with me. It's really more about the photographer feeing…
• I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist who people look back at…
• 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…
• I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some…
• 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…
• 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 who…
• I want to venture into film more, and I think that a nice way to transition into doing that would be a documentary. I think…

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