Ryan McGinley
Gilles Larrain
I can't remember when I first saw the book Idols by Gilles Larrain. All I know is that ever since I got it, it's been a huge influence on me. Idols is one of the best photography books I've ever seen. It was published in 1973 and it's a collection of...
All The Young Nudes
Selections from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Team Gallery, New York City, March 18-April 17. Dashwood Books is publishing a limited-edition monograph of this series in conjunction with the exhibition. It will be out on March 18
My Top 10 Art Films
In 1989, Isabel Hegner asked Robert Mapplethorpe if she could make a documentary about him. He was really sick and at the end of his rope at that point, so he suggested she interview Jack Walls, his longtime lover and model, instead.
Remembering Dash Snow, July 14, 2009
In the late 90s, Dash was a graffiti writer known as Sace. He and Earsnot started the graffiti crew IRAK. They were the biggest vandals in the city. He was number one on the vandal squad’s most-wanted list.
El Hombre Arana
In the fall of 2006 I was on the Morrissey Tour. I had been touring since March ‘06, traveling all over the world photographing his concerts and fans.
The Kids Were Alright
These are photos from the fucked-up party days, from when Ryan first started taking pictures of all his crazy friends up to when he had his solo show at the Whitney Museum, which flung him like a wet young noodle into the boiling pot of the art world.
Dick Face
I spent two weeks making 500 hand-drawn balloons for Jack Walls’s 50th birthday party. It was my present to him.