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125 2015 ARTISTS / PHOTOGRAPHER Modem Europe Modem New-York /LA Fall-Winter 2015-2016 Cover by RYAN MCGINLEY FREE COPY - NOT FOR SALE modemonline.com NEW YORK LOS ANGELES FALLWINTER 2015 2016 Ryan McGinley is an American rapid and notable ascent photographer and a key figure of today’s contemporary art scene. McGinley began making photographs in 1998. In 2003, at the age of 25, he was one of the youngest artists to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. American Photo Magazine also named him Photographer of the Year in 2003. In 2007, McGinley was awarded the Young Photographer Infinity Award by the International Center of Photography. Curator Sylvia Wolf, who organized McGinley ’s first notable solo exhibition at the Whitney , wrote: “ His subjects are performing for the camera and exploring themselves with an acute self-awareness that is decidedly contemporary. They are savvy about visual culture, acutely aware of how identity can be not only com - municated but created. They are willing collaborators. ” In this sense, Wolf was referring to the identity of McGinley’ s intriguing artwork, which conveys a sense of liberation and hedonism, while highlighting certain sub-cultures, such as skate and graffiti, and playing with both, real-life documentary situations and the aesthetics of predetermined settings. As of today, Ryan McGinley’ s work has been exhibited in prestigious museums, institutions, galleries and art fairs worldwide, including t he Whitney Museum, MoMA P.S.1, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, FOAM otagrafie museum Amsterdam, Kunsthalle Vienna, and Frieze Art Fair, among others.