art young photographer michael wolever

Cultured magazine profiles Pennsylvania-born photographer Michael Wolever, nominated by David Brandon Geeting as part of its "28—NEW YORK" series. Wolever creates images that evoke surrealist ’90s filmmaking, exploring themes of shame, attraction, and melodrama through soft lighting, monsters, and woodland scenes. His work draws heavily on his own "pretty weird life" and memories, using photography as a "funhouse mirror" and "shame ritual." The article includes several of his titled works—Big Flirt, Evidence, Tove, and Untitled—and quotes Wolever reflecting on the culture of picture-taking, mass self-awareness, and his critical approach to intention in photography.