Joe McNally (born July 27, 1952) is an American photographer who has contributed to ''

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''; Accessed January 11, 2007 He is based out of New York City and resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He has won four awards from World Press Photo.

Early life and education

McNally was born in Montclair, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's and graduate degrees from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

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Career

From 1994 until 1998 McNally was ''

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''s staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. His most well known series is ''

Faces of Ground Zero Faces of Ground Zero: A Photographic Tribute to America's Heroes was a traveling photo exhibition about the September 11 attacks. It was shown at several major cities in the United States, aiming to educate the public about the impact of modern ur ...

— Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th'', a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby C Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after

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. A large group of these life-size (9' x 4') photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002. McNally has contributed for ''

'' magazine for many years. One of his photographic projects for the magazine was "The Future of Flying," a 32-page cover story, published in December 2003, commemorating the centennial observance of the Wright brothers' flight. This story was the first all digital shoot for the magazine. This issue was a National Magazine Award Finalist. He has shot cover stories for ''Sports Illustrated,'' ''Time,'' ''Newsweek,'' ''Geo,'' ''Fortune,'' New York, ''Business Week,'' ''Life'' and ''Men's Journal.'' He is known for flash photography.

Publications

*''Faces of Ground Zero. Portraits of the Heroes of September 11, 2001.'' New York City: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. . *''The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters.'' San Francisco: New Riders, 2008. . *''The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes: Creative Applications of Small Flashes.'' San Francisco: New Riders, 2009. . *''Sketching Light: An Illustrated Tour of the Possibilities of Flash.'' San Francisco: New Riders, 2011. .

Awards

*1996: Third prize singles, People in the News, World Press Photo, Amsterdam *1997: First prize singles, Portraits, World Press Photo, Amsterdam *1998: Third prize stories, Arts and Entertainment, World Press Photo, Amsterdam *1998: Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for magazine photography *2000: Second prize stories, Science & Technology, World Press Photo, Amsterdam *2010: Third place, Science/Natural History Picture Story, Pictures of the Year InternationalWinners of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition
. Pictures of the Year International. Accessed 19 March 2018.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McNally, Joe 1952 births Living people People from Montclair, New Jersey People from Westport, Connecticut S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni American photojournalists