ABOUT
New York based photographer Michael McWeeney’s fascination with pictures started at the age of five when he began clipping and collecting photos that appealed to him from newspapers and magazines. Michael received his first camera at age eleven. Since then he has captured the moments that define who we are and the places that shape us. His photographs tell people’s stories, connecting us via the radius of visual communication.
He started his career as a photojournalist in New York for 20 years before becoming a freelance photographer. He has received commissions from and exhibited work at the Alice Austen House Museum, The Architectural League of New York, the Noble Maritime Collection, The City of New York, The Staten Island Museum, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Michael studied Art and Advertising Design at New York City Tech, and photography at Parsons School of Design. He is currently the Sunday Photo Editor for the New York Post.
NOTABLE SELECTED PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
- Staten Island Mode: Identity, Memory, Fashion — 2023 Newhouse Center for Conteperary Art
- Vulnerable Landscapes — 2023 Staten Island Museum
- Andrea Doria: Rescue at Sea — 2022 Noble Maritime Collection co-curator
- Disquisition - Arc of Twenty Years — 2021 Noble Maritime Collection
- Arc of Twenty Years — 2021 Noble Maritime Collection co-curator
- Deliberate Acts: The Alice Austen Triennial of Photography — 2019 Alice Austen House
- Capturing Change: Freshkills Park — 2018 The Architectural League of New York
- Small Truths - American Muslims — Southern Poverty Law Center (Commission) - 2017
- Staten Island Unlimited — 2016 Alice Austen House
- Small Truths - The Immigration Experience Through the Eyes of Children — short film - 2014
- Robbins Reef Lighthouse: A Home in the Harbor — 2015 Noble Maritime Collection
- Tides of 100 Years: Remembering John A. Noble — short film - 2013 Noble Maritime Collection
- Lifespan: The Bayonne Bridge in Transition – 2011 Noble Maritime Collection
- Tugboats Night & Day — 2008 Noble Maritime Collection
- Salt Mountain — 2006 Noble Maritime Collection
CLIENTS
Abel CineTech
BC BG
The City of New York
Freshkills Park Alliance
Greenbelt Conservancy
Lilla P.
Leica Camera
Makerspace NYC
The Noble Maritime Collection
Penn State University
Project Hospitality
Richmond County Medical Center
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
Staten Island Museum
Susan Lazar
Vivienne Tam
