Ryan McGinley is an American photographer born in 1977 and now living in New York City who began making photographs in 1998.

In 2003, at the age of 24, McGinley was the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was also named Photographer of the Year in 2003 by American Photo Magazine.  In 2007 McGinley was awarded the Young Photographer Infinity Award by the International Center of Photography.

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