[4] Ryan also gives lectures on photography and serves as a mentor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
[6] Ryan created the Great Performers video series which began in 2010 with "14 Actors Acting," directed by Sølve Sundsbø.
The videos would go on to win two News and Documentary Emmys for "14 Actors Acting" and "Touch of Evil," directed by Alex Prager, along with several more nominations.
[7] Office Romance began with a series of photographs Ryan posted on Instagram and has become a photo book, with genres such as still life, portraiture, formal abstraction, and architecture.
Ryan focuses on capturing the light in The New York Times building, designed by architect Renzo Piano, and its interactions with the day-to-day life of a weekly magazine.