Photographer/Director/Illustrator Michael Schmelling shot author Blake Butler for DAZED & CONFUSED and Sensational for the cover of THE WIRE.  He worked with Amazon Advertising on a web campaign for Kashi, and created another OP-ED for THE NEW YORK TIMES.  He’s also in the midst of illustrating an entire issue of the British literary journal 5 DIALS.  Michael’s work is included in a gallery show around the book SHOOT (Rizzoli) in Tokyo 11/26 – 12/14. He’s in a show at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center called “Going From Nowhere,” where he will be exhibiting the beginnings of a new project called “How To Rent a Room.”   The show runs from 12/1 – 2/28.