Ryan McGinley – Mirror Mirror ghosts streets and the underground art Japan streets and the underground art scene In 1969 an iconic image of a mysterious female and the backdrop of an alien moon popped up on America's newsstands and forever became the fantasy of millions of young adult males The experiment yielded scores of intimate and psychologically revealing photos that – even though not done by his own hand – bear some signature McGinley flourishes in their emotional depth and resonance he wanted to challenge his creative habits and asked more than one hundred of his friends and colleagues – guided by detailed instructions and a camera given to them by the artist – to take nude self portraits using mirrors and other props