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Photographer Michael Wilson, Frequent Nonesuch Collaborator, Exhibits Work in Cincinnati

The work of Cincinnati, Ohio-based photographer Michael Wilson has graced the covers of countless Nonesuch albums over the years, including the iconic imagery featured on David Byrne's Grown Backwards, Bill Frisell's Good Dog, Happy Man, Emmylou Harris's Red Dirt Girl, and Randy Newman's Songbook Vol. I, among many others, and, most recently, the Brad Mehldau Trio's Live and Nicholas Payton's Into the Blue. His photography will be on display in an exhibit at the Boone County Public Library in Cincinnati beginning this Wednesday, June 4. Michael will be on hand to discuss his work in an opening reception that night; the exhibit will run through August 29. For more information, visit cincinnati.com.

Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass Portraits by Chuck Close in 2008 Tacoma Exhibit

The Tacoma Art Museum will present the exhibition A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman, March 1–June 15, 2008 . The exhibit includes portraits by Close of such esteemed artists as Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, and Robert Wilson, among many others (including the self-portrait at right), along with praise poems written in conjunction with Close's work by Holman, the founder of the Bowery Poetry Club.

For more information, read the preview of the exhibit in artdaily.org or visit tacomaartmuseum.org.

Frequent Nonesuch Photographer Auctions Artist Pics for Charity

The Cincinnati Enquirer recently spent some time with photographer Michael Wilson, a frequent Nonesuch Records collaborator whose photographs have graced some of the label's most iconic album covers of the past decade.

Michael recently contributed photos to a new book about international adoption titled Now We Are One. He also held a party last week to celebrate the opening of his new portrait studio in Cincinnati. The opening-night festivities included an auction of prints of a long list of Nonesuch artists: Sérgio and Odair Assad, David Byrne, Ry Cooder, Philip Glass, Emmylou Harris, Audra McDonald, Randy Newman, Joshua Redman, and Bill Frisell with his dog Wesley (the highly photogenic cover dog for Bill's Good Dog, Happy Man). Proceeds from the auction went to Cincinnati Children's Hospital's International Adoption Center.

To read the interview, visit news.enquirer.com.

For more information on Michael's new studio and to see the photos that were auctioned off for the International Adoption Center, visit daylightportrait.com.