I Know Where The Summer Goes

A favourite of mine is photographer Ryan McGinley. He is set to show new work at Team Gallery in his home town of New York, from April 3rd. The exhibition entitled I Know Where the Summer Goes is a collection of “snapshots”. McGinley has gone from being tagged the "hottest young photographer in town" to being considered a serious artist with a rare gift for creating enduring color photographs that show us the best sides of youthfulness.



In the summer of 2007, for example, McGinley travelled the USA with 16 models and 3 assistants. Over 4,000 rolls of film, the resulting 150,000 photographs were narrowed down to a body of 50 images. The inspiration for the project was drawn from amateur nudist photography of the 60s and early 70s. McGinley would sit with his models and look through all of the ephemera of the period that he had collected, discussing with them the mood that he was hoping to capture that day. McGinley had chosen a very specific itinerary that would bring his troop through the incredible range of landscapes that are available across the US and carefully planned a battery of activities, sometimes orchestrating the use of special effects. He has always been quite fond of fireworks and fog machines and in this new work they play a major role.