Ryan McGinley

Introduction

The photographic work titled "Aqua Metalic" (2015) by Ryan McGinley represents a fundamental turning point in the visual grammar of one of the most influential American photographers of his generation. Having established himself at the dawn of the new millennium as the bard of the hedonistic, uninhibited, and raw youth of New York's subculture, McGinley gradually shifted his lens from the overcrowded rooms and rooftops of the metropolis to the vast natural landscapes of the American continent.