McKinley Wiley is a self-taught editorial portrait photographer based in his hometown of Cleveland, OH. Since he picked up a camera nearly twenty years ago his intention has always been to empower people to see the beauty within themselves even if it's only for a brief moment.  In 2019 he was the recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize Verge Fellowship.  His work has been shown in galleries such as Notre Dame College, Bostwick Design Partnership, The new Glick Building on MetroHealth's main campus and The Cleveland History Center of The Western Reserve Historical Society.