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Jean Campbell for W Magazine by Ryan McGinley

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ECAL DESIGN READER 2016

FLASHER FACTORY

By Ryan McGingley

Published Flasher Factory, 2004

This book of photographs from Ryan McGinley was printed to accompany one of his first exhibitions in New York while he was a student at Parsons School. It is representative of the passage from the documentaristic style of his first work that consisted in the simple representation of what was happening around him to a more meditate phase in which he was literally “making pictures happen”. The photos have been shot during a period of nine months ; in different times a group of friends was shot individually and all together in the nature out of New York city. We can see them running, hiding behind the trees or hit by a dreamy light in more open air landscapes. This series is a good example of how a simple tool like a point and shoot camera allows the photographer to build his own personal imagery on the reality around him, just following his instinct and trusting his enthusiastic visions.

Selected by ECAL / Maria Grazia Grasso

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Beyonce by Ryan McGingley, Beat Magazine

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Ph. Ryan McGingley

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Find something to be obsessed with, and then obsess over it. Don't compete; find what's uniquely yours. Take your experience of life and connect that with your knowledge of photographic history. Mix it all together, and create an artistic world that we can enter into. If you only like shooting cell phone photos, then do that. If your dad works at a construction site that looks cool, use it. If your mom breeds poodles, then put them in your photographs. Use the camera to take what you know that others don’t, what you can access that others can’t, and the people or things you connect with, to construct your own world. Be busy. Seek and find a way to do what it is you want to do. Identify what that thing is and do it. Don’t stand around too long having conversations about it. Do it. Refine it. Do it more. Try it a different way. Keep at it until you break through to the next level. Don’t talk or think yourself out of doing it. Put one foot in front of the other and let it happen organically. I realized I could make intimate pictures of strangers. It was a breakthrough for me. I found that most people liked being photographed; they like being paid attention to and being told to do things they normally wouldn’t do. I learned that all I needed to do was ask. Say yes to almost everything and try new things. Don’t be afraid to fail, and don’t be afraid to work hard. Do your pictures—don’t try and do somebody else’s pictures. Don’t get lost inside your head, and don’t worry what camera you’re using. I once heard the legendary indie director Derek Jarman had three rules for making his art films: 'Show up early, hold your own light, and don’t expect to get paid.' That always stuck with me. Approach art like it’s your job. Show up for photography every day for eight hours. Take it as seriously as a doctor would medicine. Remember, it’s romantic as hell what we do. Take photos of everything. If you are working hard—really hard—opportunity will come. And when it does, you better be ready for it with your camera in hand.

Ryan McGingley's advice to young photographers

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