Ryan McGinley

I am a huge fan of McGinley's work, and he's a huge influence on the pictures I take. I really like the timelessness of his pictures, and the way he incorporates nature in all of his images.

A woman holds a buzzard. The scratches on her suggest that this shot was quite difficult to get.

These are all photographs from his project "Somewhere Place". I like how scratched up and bruised the models are: it shows how carefree they are, like children with scraped knees.

A young woman holds a kitten in her mouth by the scruff of its neck, much like a mother cat would do.

Ryan McGinley mostly uses nude models, which really highlight the closeness to nature all of his subjects share.

A young man falls out of a tree into a pond. The angle of this shot makes it unclear as to what exactly is going on.

His pictures really capture a sense of youth and freedom, and his use of natural, muted colours is really beautiful. He has a clear sense of composition and colour - two things I think are very important to photography.