Joe McNally (photographer)

Joe McNally (born July 27, 1952) is an American photographer who has been shooting for the National Geographic Society since 1987.[1] He is based out of New York City and resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

McNally

He has won four awards from World Press Photo.[2]

Early life and education

McNally was born in Montclair, New Jersey. 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 the "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, seen by almost a million people. The exhibit and the book helped raise approximately $2 million for the 9/11-relief effort.

McNally has contributed for National Geographic magazine for 20 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] and one of the magazine's most popular covers.

He has shot cover stories for Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Geo,[5] Fortune, New York, Business Week, Life and Men's Journal.

He is known for flash photography.

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.

Awards

References
  1. "Joe McNally, Photographer" National Geographic; Accessed January 11, 2007 Archived November 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Joseph McNally". World Press Photo. Accessed 19 March 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Homepage - ASME". asme.magazine.org.
  5. "National Geographic Magazine". National Geographic.
  6. "People in the News, third prize singles". World Press Photo. Accessed 19 March 2018.
  7. "Portraits, first prize singles". World Press Photo. Accessed 19 March 2018.
  8. "Arts and Entertainment, third prize stories". World Press Photo. Accessed 19 March 2018.
  9. "Third Annual Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography Competition Opens". Time Warner. Accessed 19 March 2018.
  10. "Science & Technology, second prize stories". World Press Photo. Accessed 19 March 2018.
  11. "Winners of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition". Pictures of the Year International. Accessed 19 March 2018.
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