Photo Desk

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. Michael worked 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, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. He studied Art and Advertising Design at New York City Tech, and photography at Parsons School of Design.

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Skillshare: Michael McWeeney // So You Want To Make A Book - ASMP New York

Michael McWeeney takes us though the steps of creating a book dummy: concept, edit, sequence and design. This workshop is for anyone interested in taking a book project from idea to prototype. Michael McWeeney will go through the steps of creating a book dummy; including concept, editing, sequencing, and design, and help participants decide on…

Join me as I discuss the steps of creating a book dummy; including concept, editing, sequencing, and design, and help participants decide on making a vanity book, zine, or multi-page mailer. during this ASMP NY Skillshare. Follow the link to sign up for webinar.

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June 27, 2020, Day 103.

Today’s empty cup is the 100th consecutive #MyEmptyEspresso that I’ve posted since lockdown began. I do it as a way to keep track of the days, and to keep myself thinking. There have always been three rules… 1) Empty 2) cropped to a square 3) shot straight over head, (well as straight as can be).

The series started August 2016 in Italy, as a way to post about the things I experienced on my trip.

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I spent last September shooting for the Visit Staten Island campaign and now I’m walking around and I see the ads on digital billboards, yellow cabs, and all around town.... it's pretty exciting to see your work being put to use.

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A stack of newsprint promos from Newspaper Club showed up on my porch. My first mailer now its time to fold them, stuff envelops, stamp, send and repeat.

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I am working with The Freshkills Park Alliance to create a video highlighting the wildlife and environmental restoration that nature is bringing about during Freshkills Park’s transformation from landfill to park. The video will be available as a free educational resource and shared during public programs that promote environmental awareness. You can make a donation to support this video project by clicking here: https://www.ioby.org/project/video-freshkills-park Even a small donation would help the Freshkills Park Alliance reach this goal. Every dollar will be matched thanks to a partnership with ioby and Con Edison, so your donation will go twice as far! Thank you for supporting my work. Please let me know if you have any questions about the video.

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A little time lapse fun on set while shooting for Lilla | P

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A photo essay documenting what will become Freshkills's East Park shows that new life can emerge from the most toxic environments.

Happy to have more of my Fresh Kills photos featured in urbanomnibus.com

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I recently worked on a short promotional video produced for the Greenbelt Conservancy with my film partner Sarah Yuster. It is the result of three months of filming.

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Been working with a drone recently, happy with the results so far.

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April brought me back to Fresh Kills Park’s West Mound which is still being capped. Past images from the Capturing Change project have been published on Urban Omibus.

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The Corcoran Group’s Susan Breitenbach for The Real Deal magazine in her Hamptons LI office.

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A test, a sample and just having some fun with my son in the woods. We were shooting with some 4K footage with a Sony A7Rii on a Dji Ronin M for a short project on the Greenbelt.

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My photos of Seth Pinsky in The Real Deal’s March issue story on RXR’s Long Island developments.

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I recently has the opportunity to do some shooting in Grand Cayman, my first foray into underwater photography. I really love the way the water seems to disappear when shot in B+W.

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Freshkills in Staten Island, once the world’s largest landfill, is under transformation into the largest New York City park developed in over 100 years. To better share this process with the public, in June we inaugurated Capturing Change, a series of photo essays in...

Big thanks to the NYC Parks Department for inviting me to participate in Capturing Change. I ma one of the featured photographers in urbanomnibus.com

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Happy to have the South Bronx cover story for the November issue of The Real Deal Magazinehttp://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/the-bronx-feeding-frenzy/