Madison Joy LeFever
Creative & Strategic Storyteller
I follow curiosity. I capture what I find.
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Creative Director
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Photographer
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Lyricist
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Digital Content Strategist
⟡ Creative Director ⟡ Photographer ⟡ Lyricist ⟡ Digital Content Strategist
All About Me
(The professional Stuff)
Madison (Mads) is a live entertainment photographer & theatre professional who graduated from Western Washington University with a BA in Theatre Production, concentrating in directing & playwriting.
She spent the last 5 years in Bellingham, directing alongside an array of professors & guest directors from across the nation. She composed Untethered, a new musical, alongside 3 other colleagues. In 2022, it premiered as a reading at the Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival & was a semi-finalist for the O'Neill National Musical Theatre Conference. It remains in development.
When she wasn’t in the theater, she spent most of her evenings capturing touring musicians & Bellingham’s DIY scene from 2021-2023.
In the Fall of 2026, Madison will be attending Carnegie Mellon University to study Arts Administration within Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.
She loves basketball, karaoke, writing music, essays in Substack, and spending time in nature, preferably by the water.
Photography
PORTRAIT’s
Recent Projects
Loving & Loathing
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Photographer, Madison Joy LeFever
Creative Director, Chlo Ordello
I’ve never been cheated on. I have never been in a long-term relationship, but I have known the disdain of being deceived by someone I love, exposing parts of myself, and wanting so badly to make things work despite crash out after crash out. When Chlo and I began speaking about this concept of Loving & Loathing (L&L), there was an immediate mutual understanding. While L&L was inspired by a very specific event in their life, it was universal. Infidelity, & its depth, is a whirlpool. There is a deep nuance behind such an act.
BRANDING
DIVINE
Creative Director & Photographer, Madison Joy LeFever
This gallery explores the evolving symbolism of Lilith, from a demon of seduction to a representation of divine feminine rage and autonomy. Drawing from what the Gods gave me by Eryn McVay, this examines a feminine family that relies on Lilith's guidance to maintain their lineage through ritualistic practices, including a male sacrifice to preserve their prosperity.
The play that inspired this project highlights the tension between inherited traditions and the desire for personal autonomy. Ultimately, the piece critiques patriarchal structures, examining how divine feminine rage, when channeled as resistance, becomes a tool for survival and liberation.
Co-Creative Director, Chlo Ordello