Summary
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- 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.
Awards edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
- Official website