# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryan-mcginley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:07:36.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryan-mcginley"
name: "Ryan McGinley"
slug: "ryan-mcginley"
description: "Ryan McGinley is an American photographer and lives in New York City. He began taking photographs in 1998. In 2003, at the age of 25, he was one of the youngest artists to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was named Photographer of the Year in 2003 by American Photo Magazine. In 2007, he was given the Young Photographer Infinity Award by the International Center of Photography. In 2009, he was honored at The Young Collectors Council's Artists Ball at the Guggenheim Museum. A 2014 GQ article declared McGinley, \"the most important photographer in America.\""
tagline: "Photographer (born 1977)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1977-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.776785057961912
  historical:           10.13614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://ryanmcginley.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ريان مكجينلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ryan McGinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_McGinley"
    title: "Ryan McGinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_McGinley"
    title: "Ryan McGinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_McGinley"
    title: "Ryan McGinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_McGinley"
    title: "Ryan McGinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_McGinley"
    title: "Ryan McGinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98"
    title: "რაიან მაკგინლი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Макгинли, Райан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_McGinley"
    title: "Ryan McGinley"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7dc96ed4-94eb-4710-a3b9-7a943afa1538"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump