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Everyone started to have a camera. That's when I started to travel outside of New York and go into nature.
Ryan McGinley
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Ryan McGinley
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: October 17
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Ramsey
New Jersey
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I was growing up in the suburbs I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but all of my brothers and sisters were older.
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Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth its from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.
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