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Kathy Ryan was the renowned director of photography of The New York Times Magazine. After 39 years at The NYTMAG, she left to focus on her own photography, curate photo exhibitions, work on book projects and teach. Adam Moss is the legendary editor who began his career creating 7 Days magazine and then went on to oversee The New York Times Magazine and New York Magazine. These magazines have had an enormous impact on our culture. After stepping away from the magazine world, Adam wrote The New York Times bestseller The Work of Art: How Something Comes From Nothing. He is also a painter.
Kathy and Adam will talk about what makes a photograph exceptional. They will show some images published in the NYTMAG when they were working there together and give the backstories for how those memorable pictures came into being.
Kathy Ryan is the longtime former director of photography at The New York Times Magazine, where she shaped a groundbreaking blend of fine art and photojournalism over nearly four decades. Now focused on her own photography, curating, and teaching, she is the author of Office Romance and editor of The New York Times Magazine Photographs. Her work has been widely exhibited internationally, and she has received numerous honors, including the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize and multiple lifetime achievement awards.
Adam Moss was the editor-in-chief of New York Magazine from 2004–2019. During his 15-year tenure he oversaw an ambitious digital expansion of parent company New York Media, which included five digital publications in addition to New York: Vulture, The Cut, Intelligencer, The Strategist, and Grub Street, each of which were created from scratch and collectively reach an audience of 50 million visitors each month. Under Moss’s leadership New York and nymag.com won 41 National Magazine Awards. Before joining New York Magazine, Moss was the editor of the New York Times Magazine, as well as assistant managing editor of the paper, overseeing the magazine, Book Review, culture and style. Moss was founding editor of 7 Days, a New York weekly magazine, and before that, he worked at Esquire magazine in a variety of positions. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oberlin College, his alma mater, and is a member of the Magazine Editors’ Hall of Fame.