Olympic Swimmers

Boxed set | first edition | 16 postcards

Published by Opening Ceremony / Ryan McGinley, 2006.

Olympic Swimmers is a boxed set of 16 colour postcards featuring members of the U.S. Olympic swimming team photographed by Ryan McGinley for The New York Times Magazine in 2004. Swimmers include Michael Phelps, Jenny Thompson, and Aaron Peirsol.

Each card measures 5 × 4 inches and the set was produced in an edition of 500 numbered copies. Housed in a white box with silver embossed title, the work bridges editorial assignment and artist project, presenting athletes as both documentary subjects and sculptural figures.

Condition: good (wear to box)