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Best known for creating elaborate photocompositions of improbable situations, stylized portraiture, and unworldly landscapes, Glen Wexler’s career began as a student at Art Center College of Design when he photographed an album cover for Quincy Jones Productions. The multiplatinum record catapulted his entry into the music industry as a soughtafter album cover artist. Wexler has created nearly 400 covers to date and he was inducted into the Album Cover Hall of Fame in 2019. His work includes projects for Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Rush, Black Sabbath, Tears for Fears, Missing Persons, Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, KISS, and ZZ Top.

Wexler’s photographs have been on the covers of Rolling Stone and TIME magazines, and he created photographic logo designs for the Star Wars Trilogy and Batman films. International advertising commissions include Sony, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Acura, the reboot of the iconic Maxell “Blown Away” campaign, and hundreds of others.

Recognized internationally as a “digital pioneer,” he is quick to point out that the mastering of film photography and the “wet” darkroom inform his digital image-making. Wexler, a master printer, created the inaugural public exhibition of Epson large-format fine art pigment prints featuring his narrative images in the solo show, “Altered Realities” at The Art Institute in Atlanta, Georgia in 2001.

His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and his images are in museum collections including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), George Eastman House of Photography and Film, and Palm Springs Art Museum. Fine art commissions include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and collectors include Mike Nichols, Eric Idle, and Valerie Bertinelli.