Joe McNally

Joe McNally (born July 27, 1952) is an American photographer who has contributed to National Geographic. 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 went to High School at Iona Prep in New Rochelle, New York. He received his bachelor's and graduate degrees from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. 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. . The Real Deal: Field Notes from the Life of a Working Photographer. San Rafael: Rocky Nook, 2022. .

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 International