Mr. Joe McNally, Professional Photographer (Joe McNally Photography) Visit This Photographer's Web Site: http://www.JoeMcNally.com Born
Montclair, New Jersey
Education
Master of Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Photography Experience
- Cover stories & assignments for Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine, LIFE, Time, Fortune, National Geographic, New York Magazine, GEO, Golf Digest, Discover, Men’s Journal, New York Stock Exchange, Target, Sony, GE, Nikon, Lehman Brothers, Pharmacia, Johnson & Johnson, New York City Opera, PNC Bank, USAA, MetLife.
- 1994–1998 LIFE Magazine staff photographer (first one in 23 years)
- 1984-1990 Sports Illustrated contract photographer
Selected Photographic Series
- 2003 "The Future of Flying", cover & 32-page story, National Geographic Magazine, December 2003. The story, on the future of aviation and the first all digital shoot for the magazine, commemorated the centennial observance of the Wright Brothers' flight.
- 2001 "Faces of Ground Zero - Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001." Collection consists of 245 Giant Polaroids (9' x 4' each; 93 framed) shot during a three-week period shortly after September 11, 2001, on the garage-size, unique Giant Polaroid camera at Moby c studio near Ground Zero in New York City.
- 1997 “The Bolshoi Ballet” – This series of Bolshoi Ballet images resulted in the creation of one of McNally’s most well known images, “Ballerina on the Rooftop.” Series published in LIFE as an 11 page story, featuring 5 double page spreads.
- 1996 "Olympic Nude Series" - A highly touted series of black & white and color photos depicting the United States 1996 Olympic team as a series of nude figure studies, published in LIFE. The only time in the history of LIFE the magazine ran 4 separate covers in one month.
Selected Exhibitions
- 2006 “Flying West to Go East”. Lincoln Center, NY. Exhibit featuring the New York City Opera’s participation in the Aichi World Expo in Japan 2005.
- 2005 “When We Were Young”. Monroe Gallery of Photography. Santa Fe, NM. Group Exhibition
- 2004-05 “The Great LIFE Photographers” Monroe Gallery of Photography. Santa Fe, NM. Group exhibit featuring images from the recently released book.
- 2004 “ICONS” Monroe Gallery of Photography. Santa Fe, NM. Group exhibit featuring 55 of the most familiar and well-known photographs ever created, including images from the “Faces of Ground Zero Giant Polaroid Collection”
- 2002 “Faces of Ground Zero, Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001”
Exhibited at 7 venues and seen by an estimated one million viewers:
Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Station, New York, NY
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Royal Exchange, London, England
Union Station, Chicago, IL
One Market, San Francisco, CA
Skirball Center, Los Angeles, CA
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY for September 11th 2002
- 1996 "Naked Power, Amazing Grace" Olympic Nude Series. Jane Jackson Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Selected Literature
- The Great LIFE Photographers. By the Editors of LIFE. Bulfinch Press, 2004.
- Faces of Ground Zero, Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001 by Joe McNally. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, New York, London. 2002. 160 pp. (sold over 55,000 copies raising over $2million for 9/11 relief efforts).
- "Faces of Ground Zero Images" also appeared in the following books:
In the Land of the Free, September 11 – And After, LIFE, A Commemorative, Introduction by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, LIFE Books. Time Inc., Volume 1, No. 8, November 12, 2001
- One Nation, America Remembers September 11, 2001, Introduction by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, LIFE
Books. Little Brown and Company, Time Inc. 2001
- One Nation, America Remembers September 11, 2001, Introduction by Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, LIFE
Books. Little Brown and Company, Time Inc. 2001
- The American Spirit, Meeting the Challenge of September 11, Introduction by President George W. Bush,
LIFE Books. Time Inc. 2002
- America 24/7, Day in the Life book series for Italy, Ireland, U.S. Military and Baseball in America
Selected Reviews / Media Coverage
- “Heroism, written with light.” Paul Weideman, The New Mexican, Pasatiempo. July 9-15, 2004.
- “Digital Takes Flight”, by Russell Hart, a six-page article featured in American Photo, February 2004.
- "Shooting Digital for the Geographic - How Joe McNally shot the Nikon D1X for National Geographic's feature on 100 years of flying", by Eamon Hickey, on Rob Galbraith Digital Photograph Insights, top story December 3, 2003, www.robgalbraith.com (top internet site for digital photography).
- "Faces of Ground Zero" extensive media coverage of 2002 seven-city tour. Nationally over 100 and Internationally over 20 articles, photos and on-site footage covered the inaugural exhibit at Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central.
Honors / Awards
- 2005 Honoree, “40 at 40”, Newhouse School of Journalism, Syracuse University. 40th Anniversary Celebration honoring 40 of its foremost graduates
- 2004 National Magazine Awards Finalist, General Excellence, Circulation over 2,000,000 for National Geographic, December 2003 issue (cover and feature story); one of their best selling issues ever.
- 2004 Graphis Annual 2004, Poster for "Faces of Ground Zero Giant Polaroid Collection"
- 2004 Photo District News Photography Annual 2004, Poster for "Faces of Ground Zero Giant Polaroid Collection".
- 2003 Award of Excellence (also in 2002, 2001, 2000), Applied Arts Magazine.
- 2003 Outstanding Website – joemcnally.com, Photo District News.
- 2002 Award of Excellence (also in 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997), Communication Arts.
- 2001 "Legends Behind the Lens Archive ", Nikon Inc. online.
- 2000 Second Prize, Science & Technology, World Press Photo Foundation.
- 1999 “Legends Online Archive”, Kodak and Photo District News.
- 1998 Alfred Eisenstaedt Elsie Award, "Outstanding Magazine Photograph".
- 1998 Third Prize, The Arts, World Press Photo Foundation.
- 1997 First Prize, Portraits, World Press Photo Foundation.
- 1997 Gold Award, Art Directors Club.
- 1997 Gold Prize, Magazine Photography, Photo District News.
- 1994 "100 Most Important People in Photography," American Photo Magazine.
Teaching Experience / Workshops
- Combat Camera
- Department of Defense Worldwide Military
- Eddie Adams Workshop
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Gardner-Webb University
- Providence Journal
- Hamilton Sundstrom
- Maine Photo Workshops
- Nikon School
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- National Geographic Masters of Contemporary Photography
- The Florida Sun-Sentinel Workshop
- Santa Fe Workshops
- State Farm Insurance
- The Disney Institute
- The Smithsonian Institute Masters of Photography
- Western Kentucky University
- The Boeing Company
- San Francisco Digital Landscape Workshop
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