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.

September 11, 2017

ESCALATORS UP 1997
ESCALATORS UP 1997

ESCALATORS UP 1997 is an analog photo collage made out of 1-hour prints from color negatives. I had created it back then as a promotional piece for my portfolio. The images here are of the escalator bank from the World Trade Center PATH station, destroyed during the 9/11 attacks. The unwitting, prescient design of people heading heavenward has haunted me ever since the attacks, especially since it is possible that any one of these people, likely headed to work at WTC that day, might have perished in the attacks a few years later.

September 9, 2017

CONTRARY TO EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY 2017
CONTRARY TO EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY 2017

CONTRARY TO EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY 2017 is a digital photo collage made from imagery found on Google Earth, and assembled in Photoshop. For more similar images, please go to Google Hack.

September 7, 2017

GOLDEN GATE II 1992
GOLDEN GATE II 1992

GOLDEN GATE II 1992 is an analog photo collage created as a composite panoramic contact print from color negatives on chromogenic paper. It is an unused image from an annual report shoot for Frankfurt Balkind in 1992.

September 4, 2017

KRAZE I 1989
KRAZE I 1989

KRAZE I 1989 Is a portrait of Richard Jean Laurent of the seminal 80’s House band Kraze. I did four separate photo-illustrative portraits of each band member for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine in 1989. Photographed with color negative film and printed on Chromogenic paper, in a land before computers and Photoshop. I created effects in the enlarging /printing process using stencils to expose areas separately, and treated them with filters, motion, and effects screens such as broken glass, etc. All while listening to vinyl record mixes on cassette tapes played on a boom box…

September 3, 2017

PORCUPINE PRESS 1993
PORCUPINE PRESS 1993

PORCUPINE PRESS 1993  is a sample greeting card printed by our card company Porcupine Press, started by myself and partner John Hluchyj.  It is an analog photo collage created from images shot on B&W film and printed on color paper. This is one of 12 designs for the New York Stories line. Graphic design & logos by Paula Kelly. There were 4 lines in all – in addition to New York Stories, there was En Fleur, Holidaze, and Unlimited Editions.  PORCUPINE PRESS BACK 1993Keep your day job.