About

Clay Patrick McBride is known for his bold portraiture that celebrates his subjects through empowerment, humor, honesty and grit; he has an ability to connect with his subjects in a way that is personal, intense and collaborative in nature. McBride’s philosophy of image making fuses experimentation and limitlessness with his classic training in painting and art history, resulting in an iconic visual language that creates a conversation between the old and new world. His deep interest in connecting with and understanding the world around him is what drives him to keep experimenting with new processes, techniques and to examine the interplay between process and the portrait, time and space.

McBride began his visual training in the South of France in his late teens and early twenties. He studied art history and painting there, before he eventually shifted focus to photography and moved to NYC in the early Gen X 90s after becoming inspired by the notorious CBGB music club and the revolutionary visuals and music of the time. Recently, he has expanded his work into moving pictures with a number of short film projects and music videos. Characterized by a stark surrealist quality, his films are an organic extension of his photography that excite and intrigue the viewer. One of his most recent productions is The Incredible Exploding Boy, which explores the complex and often challenging relationship between fathers and sons, mental illness and addiction through an autobiographical lens.

After earning his Masters in Digital Photography from the School of Visual Arts 2013, he began his teaching career where he’d started his journey with photography. Later, he began teaching at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he’s been mentoring the next generation of visual artists for the better half of a decade at one of the leading photographic schools in the nation. Currently, he lives between NYC and Rochester NY with his wife Sarah Keane and Judy, their beloved Italian mastiff.

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