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The Eye: Ryan McGinley

posted by davidt on Monday March 09 2009, @03:00PM
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The Eye: Ryan McGinley - dcexaminer.com
By Chris Klimek

Excerpt:

What I want to tell you about this picture: This is a self-portrait of Ryan being tackled onstage by a security guard at a Morrissey concert in 2004. To the right is Morrissey, mic in hand, performing.

I love this picture for the boldness of its scale and for its extraordinary tonality. I feel transported by this picture to this place. I can hear the noise of the crowd and the music. I think there’s an intimate connection McGinley achieves in this portrait between the subject and the viewer of the image.

“Portraiture Now: Feature Photography”
Where: The National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F Streets NW
When: Through Sept. 27
Info: Free; 202-633-1000; npg.si.edu
(Morrissey will perform at the Warner Theatre on March 14.)
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  • It would be well worth the trip to Washington, DC to see Morrissey hanging in the Smithsonian.

    I mean... his picture. Of course.
    Anonymous -- Monday March 09 2009, @03:36PM (#323838)
    • SMITHS-sonian by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday March 09 2009, @07:00PM
  • How is one able to take a self portrait in a concert setting like this? Did he tape the camera to the wall, set the timer and fly on stage? Am I missing something?
    Anonymous -- Monday March 09 2009, @03:38PM (#323839)
  • I worry about the educational system when I read a quote from a photography curator at a major national museum that says, "It's a really big picture." Like, totally.

    Anonymous -- Monday March 09 2009, @04:02PM (#323841)
  • "...and because he’s working digitally, he’s able to introduce a whole different tonal range of self-justifying bullshit"
    Anonymous -- Monday March 09 2009, @05:20PM (#323851)

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