Michael Schmelling

@michael_schmelling

Also — @40worth
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Thank you @aperturefnd for generously featuring my work in the Spring 2026 issue—with text by Jeremy Miller. This ongoing project about the Back-to-the-Land movement in Northern California, a collaboration with @kramercedesbenz , will be published as a book in the fall - more soon. With many thanks to @michaelfamighetti and Zack Hatfield
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1 month ago
ROBERTO BOLAÑO—New Reissue Titles : A Little Lumpen Novelita, The Skating Rink, Posthumous Stories ::: December 2025 Cover Designs by Michael Schmelling / @40worth Illustrations by Mike Adams @mikeadamstt FSG Art Direction: Rodrigo Corral, Alex Merto This is the third set of Bolaño’s books to be reissued by Picador/FSG—an ongoing project that will include the majority of Bolaño’s work. With thanks, as always, to Rodrigo Corral, Alex Merto, Mitzi Angel, Mike Adams, and the estate of Roberto Bolaño. @rodrigocorral_ @alexmerto
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5 months ago
Inside Virgil Abloh’s Archive—GQ September 2025 With all thanks to: @virgilabloharchive @samuelhine @maxjphoto , and as always, Roxanne Behr, @transtephanie_ and @willwelch
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5 months ago
A few photographs of quotes / notes to bookend Friedrich Kunath’s new monograph with @monacellipress @friedrichkunath
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6 months ago
Commissioned work for @square at the Analogico leather workshop in Tokyo 2023 With thanks to everyone at @analogico_japan and Jeff Stark, Anyu Lee, Caleb Thal, Tom Claxton, Tai Kuo, Maxwell VanHook, Alex Singer, Hiroki Nagahiro, Kiyoka Ikemura, Hiroaki Genma, and Keiichi Shirakawa
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9 months ago
“couplets for the void”
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10 months ago
Commissioned work for @square at Tokinoha Ceramics in Kyoto 2023 Great Day with All Thanks to everyone at Tokinoha Ceramics, to Jeff Stark, Anyu Lee, Caleb Thal, Tom Claxton, Tai Kuo, Maxwell VanHook, Alex Singer, Hiroki Nagahiro, Kiyoka Ikemura, Kosuke Arakawa, and Hiroaki Genma. @tokinoha_kyoto @claxtonprojects @beige.company @nagahiroki @kiyoka_ikemura @maxwellvanhook @caleb_thal
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11 months ago
Commissioned work for @square at Skinny’s Garage in Australia 2023 With all thanks to Jeff Stark, Maxwell VanHook, Tai Kuo, Tom Claxton, Caleb Thal, Suze Jackson, Chris Pereira and everyone at Skinny’s Garage 🦾🦾🦾
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11 months ago
“THE LAST RESORT: The House That David Lee Hoffman Built” commissioned by Gagosian Quarterly—Winter 2024. Text by David Jacob Kramer. These photos are also part of a larger ongoing project about the Back To The Land movement of the 60s/70s—book forthcoming. Many more photos at the link in bio (although no amount of photos would do Hoffman’s place justice, and/or the experience we had—just scratched the surface here). With all thanks to: David Lee Hoffman Wyatt Allgeier @wallgeier8 David Jacob Kramer @kramercedesbenz Anna & Rodrigo Corral
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1 year ago
ROBERTO BOLAÑO By Night In Chile, Antwerp, The Return Published by Picador / Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2024 Cover Designs by Michael Schmelling Illustrations by Mike Adams FSG Art Direction: Rodrigo Corral, Alex Merto These are the first three of Bolaño’s books to be reissued by Picador/FSG—an ongoing project that will include the majority of Bolaño’s work. I was lucky enough to work with Rodrigo Corral on conceptualizing this series, and to have Alex Merto as a collaborator as well. With thanks and gratitude to Rodrigo Corral, Alex Merto, Mitzi Angel, Mike Adams, and the estate of Roberto Bolaño. If you’ve never read Bolaño, start now and watch the whole world expand. @rodrigocorral_ @alexmerto @mikeadamstt
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1 year ago
Peso Pluma—GQ 2024 With Thanks, As Always, To Stephanie Tran @transtephanie_ Roxanne Behr Will Welch @willwelch Visuals Director @transtephanie_ Photo Assistant @skye__anderson Stylist @branduh Entertainment Editor @the_internest Barber @bydavidthomas Grooming @heeezooo Tailoring by Yelena Travkina Set Design @itsmyjello Produced by Emily O’Meara at JN Production
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1 year ago
Robert Kennedy Jr + Supporters 2024 —The New York Times. Sunday Opinion 04 07 24 With Thanks To Sara Barrett @sarabpix Jacqueline Bates @jackiecbates
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2 years ago