Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
2010
First edition of Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by Ryan Mcginley (2010). Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Pages clean, binding slightly shaky. There is shelf wear to the dust jacket and front/back boards. Please see photos for reference.
About Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere is inspired in great part by Catherine Opie’s Dyke Deck. The project is a departure from McGinley’s road trip images of kids in caves and running nude across highways. Instead, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere's collection of nearly 100 black & white nude portraits of young people are defined by simple, Avedon-esque aesthetic of black, white and grey. While intimate, the portraits are defined less by grand “I see you” moments and more by a general optimism in freedom, youth, clear skin and hairlessness.