Art Hag

There are two shows currently happening featuring works by some of the top fashion/art photographers working today. The first is Ryan McGinley's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere at Soho's Team Gallery. The 32 year-old, New Jersey born McGinley is best known for his shots of friends frolicking out in nature in the buff. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere features crisp, black-and-white nudes of skinny, pretty, young things all shot in McGinley's NYC studio. The photographer scouted out approximately 150 subjects from around the world and shot thousands of images of each, selecting one final definitive shot from each sitting to display in the show. Every shot is unique in terms of the sitters' pose and personality as well as his/her level of chemistry with McGinley. Along with the seemingly endless black-and-white nudes are four large-scale color landscapes, which according to the show's press release, "add a narrative backdrop to the exhibition."

In 2003, when he was just 24, McGinley was the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney. He has shot fashion editorials for W Magazine, a 2007 Oscar nominee portfolio and a 2010 Winter Olympics photo essay for The New York Times Magazine. He followed Morrissey on tour for two years shooting the performer's young, adoring fans in the audience all aglow in ecstasy and stage lighting for his 2007 series Irregular Regulars. And he shot a short film featuring Tilda Swinton for Pringle of Scotland's Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Learn more at teamgallery.com and at McGinley's website Ryanmcginley.com. Through April 17th.

Over in Chelsea, Andrea Rosen presents (in Gallery 2) Sculptographs by the dynamic, husband and wife photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, along with extra help from Eugene van Lamsweerde. The small exhibit features photographs from Inez and Vinoodh's vast archive of images, reworked with some wires, strings, branches, and more, to create revised collage-like works, or Sculptographs. It's interesting to see the artists add elements to their gorgeous, stylish photos of models and celebrities, in an attempt to give them new life. The additions are so subtle, I'm not sure if they are entirely necessary, but I'm always happy to see anything new from the talented photographers. Both from Amsterdam, the pair met in 1986 and broke into the fashion world in the early 90s shooting for every reputable fashion title and every major fashion house. They've also collaborated with musicians Sigur Ros and Bjork. The attractive couple recently shot themselves for Lanvin Men's Spring/Summer 2010 ad campaign.

Learn more at Andrearosengallery.com and at the artists' website airdeparis.com. Through May 1st.

Ryan McGinley's Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere at Team Gallery