American photographer (born 1952)
McNally
Joe McNally (born July 27, 1952 ) is an American photographer who has contributed to National Geographic .[ 1] He is based out of New York City and resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut . He has won four awards from World Press Photo .[ 2]
Early life and education
McNally was born in Montclair , New Jersey . He went to High School at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, New York.[citation needed ] He received his bachelor's and graduate degrees from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University .[ 1]
Career
From 1994 until 1998 McNally was Life magazine ' s staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. His most well known series is Faces of Ground Zero — Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th , a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby C Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after 9/11 . A large group of these life-size (9' x 4') photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002.[citation needed ]
McNally has contributed for National Geographic magazine for many years. One of his photographic projects for the magazine was "The Future of Flying," a 32-page cover story, published in December 2003, commemorating the centennial observance of the Wright brothers ' flight. This story was the first all digital shoot for the magazine.[ 3] This issue was a National Magazine Award Finalist.[ 4]
He has shot cover stories for Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Geo, [ 5] Fortune, New York, Business Week, Life and Men's Journal. [citation needed ]
He is known for flash photography .[citation needed ]
Publications
Faces of Ground Zero. Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001. New York City: Little, Brown and Company , 2002. ISBN 978-0316523707 .
The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters. San Francisco: New Riders , 2008. ISBN 978-0321544087 .
The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes: Creative Applications of Small Flashes. San Francisco: New Riders, 2009. ISBN 978-0321580146 .
Sketching Light: An Illustrated Tour of the Possibilities of Flash. San Francisco: New Riders, 2011. ISBN 978-0321700902 .
The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer. San Rafael: Rocky Nook, 2022. ISBN 978-1681988016 .
Awards
1996: Third prize singles, People in the News, World Press Photo , Amsterdam[ 6]
1997: First prize singles, Portraits, World Press Photo , Amsterdam[ 7]
1998: Third prize stories, Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo , Amsterdam[ 8]
1998: Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for magazine photography[ 9]
2000: Second prize stories, Science & Technology, World Press Photo , Amsterdam[ 10]
2010: Third place, Science/Natural History Picture Story, Pictures of the Year International [ 11]
References
^ a b "Joe McNally, Photographer" National Geographic ; Accessed January 11, 2007
^ "Joseph McNally Archived March 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ". World Press Photo . Accessed 19 March 2018.
^ "Rob Galbraith DPI: Shooting the D1X for National Geographic" . Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2011 .
^ "Homepage - ASME" . asme.magazine.org .[permanent dead link ]
^ "National Geographic Magazine" . National Geographic .
^ "People in the News, third prize singles Archived March 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ". World Press Photo . Accessed 19 March 2018.
^ "Portraits, first prize singles Archived March 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ". World Press Photo . Accessed 19 March 2018.
^ "Arts and Entertainment, third prize stories Archived March 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ". World Press Photo . Accessed 19 March 2018.
^ "Third Annual Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography Competition Opens ". Time Warner. Accessed 19 March 2018.
^ "Science & Technology, second prize stories Archived March 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ". World Press Photo . Accessed 19 March 2018.
^ "Winners of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition ". Pictures of the Year International . Accessed 19 March 2018.
External links
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