FLY BOYS AND GIRLS 2018 is a digital photo collage created from images shot with a Nikon D750 and assembled in Photoshop.
May 19, 2018
Author: David McGlynn
David McGlynn is an artist living and working in New York City and Beverly, MA. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, he received a BFA from SUNY Purchase in 1979. Mr. McGlynn enjoys success as both a fine art photographer and as a professional commercial photographer. His specialty is photo collage, and he has been refining his unique style for the better part of three decades. He has shown his work at several group and solo shows, including the Alternative Museum, Queens Museum, Hudson River Museum, Luring Augustine Gallery, the Neuberger Museum and Broadway Windows. His work is included in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Erie Art Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Forbes Gallery Collection, and various private collections. In addition, he has created large-scale works for permanent installation for a variety of clients, including Disney/ESPN Zone restaurants, Fox Network headquarters, and AT&T Corporate Headquarters. His work has appeared in publications including WIRED, Newsweek, Time, Money, Forbes, Vibe, ESPN, New York Times, Traveler, Popular Science and Metropolitan Home. Corporate and advertising clients include Miller Brewing Company, ‘Absolut McGlynn’ for Absolut Vodka, Kodak Funsaver cameras, Compaq, American Express, Disney, Dime Bank, Polygram/Mercury Records, and the World Financial Center. Mr. McGlynn has received several awards including: American Photography Annual 7, 10, 11, 35; Society of Publication Designers Annual 18, 23, 27, 28 and 30; Graphis Poster and Graphis Digital. Portfolio spreads of his artwork have been published in: Life Magazine, Popular Photography, Idea (Japan), Photo Magazine (France), and Photo District News.
May 18, 2018
UNISPHERE SPHERE 2018 is a digital photo collage made from images shot with an Olympus TG-5 and assembled with Photoshop. For more new collages, have a look at Blog Gallery.
May 17, 2018
PICCADILLY 1988 is an analog composite panoramic contact print depicting a transition from day to night in Piccadilly Circus, London, England. It is made from color negatives shot with an Olympus OM-1, which I had specially filed out by Marty Forscher of Professional Camera Repair in NYC, to eliminate the spacing in between frames. Acetate stencils and gels were used under the enlarger during the exposure to adjust tone and color, in a time before Photoshop. Photographed for Condé Nast Traveler Magazine in 1988. For similar images see Early Collage.
May 16, 2018
PEP RALLY SUBWAY SERIES 2000 is an analog photo collage created from 1-Hour photo prints shot with color negative film, and assembled by hand, in a time before Photoshop. Created during Yankees / Mets Subway Series Pep Rally in 2000. For similar images see: Pro Collage.
May 15, 2018
MEN’S HEALTH 1997 is an analog photo collage created from 1-Hour photo prints shot with color negative film, and assembled by hand, in a time before Photoshop. Created for Men’s Health magazine in 1997. For similar images see: Pro Collage
May 14, 2018
HOUSTON CAMH 1983 is an analog photo collage created as a composite panoramic contact print from color negatives, on chromogenic paper. One of the early images in this series depicting app. 180 x 180 degrees, it is made from 54 35MM exposures. The location is the exterior of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston TX. The sculpture here is: “Manila Palm: An Oasis Secret,” by artist Mel Chin.
May 13, 2018
SECOND HAND 2010 is part of a series of analog mini-collages of pieces of intentionally damaged transparency film, circa 2010. For similar images please see: Analog Decay.
May 12, 2018
FUGAWI SKETCH 2018 is a preparatory sketch for a digital photo collage made from imagery sourced from Google Earth software in the general vicinity of the Middle East. Loosely inspired by ‘Deepened Impulse’ by Wassily Kandinsky 1928.
May 11, 2018
VIKING JMB 2018 is a digital photo collage made from imagery sourced from Google Earth software in the vicinity of Japan’s port cities. Assembled with Photoshop. For similar images please see: Google Hack.
May 10, 2018
KLONDIKE 1982 is an analog photo collage created as a composite panoramic contact print from color negatives, on chromogenic paper. One of the early ‘freehand’ images in this series depicting app. 180 x 180 degrees, it is made from 54 35MM exposures. The location is the fishing boat Klondike, out of New Rochelle, NY. For similar images, please see: EARLY COLLAGE
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