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 exist.
Ryan McGinleyIt's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.
Ryan McGinleyI was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older.
Ryan McGinleyI 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.
Ryan McGinley