Glen Wexler

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Glen Wexler

Best known for creating elaborate photocompositions of improbable situations, stylized portraiture, and otherworldly landscapes, Glen Wexler’s career began as a student at the Art Center College of Design, when he photographed an album cover for Quincy Jones Productions. This multi-platinum record catapulted his entry into the music industry as a sought-after album cover artist. He has created nearly 400 covers and was inducted into the Album Cover Hall of Fame in 2019. His projects include works for Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Rush, Black Sabbath, Missing Persons, Chaka Khan, Herbie Hancock, Peter Frampton, and ZZ Top.

Wexler’s photographs have graced the covers of Rolling Stone and TIME magazines, and he has designed photographic logos for the Star Wars Trilogy and Batman films. His international advertising commissions include Sony, Adobe, Coca-Cola, Acura, the 1992 reboot of the iconic Maxell “Blown Away” campaign, and hundreds more.

Wexler is the author of three critically acclaimed monographs: 25:25 (2005), The Secret Life of Cows (2007), and The ’80s Portrait Sessions (2019).

Recognized internationally as a “digital pioneer,” Wexler is quick to point out that his expertise in film photography and the “wet” darkroom informs 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.

Wexler’s work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and is included in museum collections such as the 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.