SAVE ME NOT
Collaboration with Argentinian musician and Berlin based composer, Sebastian Plano, for his third album, SAVE ME NOT, release in 2021.
Art Direction/Concept: May Xiong
Photographer: Matthew J. Thorne
Album Cover Design: Linn Legros
Record Label: Mercury KX
© May Xiong / Matthew J. Thorne

KISSING TEETH
Photographed album cover/press photos for Pacific Northwest artist, HEATMAPS his digital DEBUT album release in 2021.
Concept: Steven Aguilar
Photography: May Xiong
Album Cover Design: Mike Krol
Model: Chona Kasinger
© May Xiong Photography

PLAYING WITH FIRE
Photographed album cover/press photos for Pacific Northwest artist, Kaylee Elizabeth her DEBUT album released 2021.
© May Xiong Photography



VERVE
Photography & Art Direction: May Xiong
Front Cover Design: Linn Legros
Artwork Design: Jack Hardwicke
Record Label: Mercury KX
© May Xiong Photography x Mercury KX 2019






REFRAIN
Photographed album cover/artwork for "REFRAIN" - Debut album released in October 2017 by Lofty Stills, a dream pop/indie folk musician based in Seattle, Washington.
Art / Creative Direction & Photography by May Xiong
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ANYONE, ANYWHERE - I/O
Album cover for Boston based Post-Rock band I/O's release, "Anyone, Anywhere" (2017).
Art / Creative Direction & Photography by May Xiong
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EVERYTHING FEELS BETTER NOW
Partnered up with American Indie-rock band, From Indian Lakes and photographed album artwork for their 2016 album release, "Everything Feels Better Now".
Art / Creative Direction / Photography : May Xiong
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ARRHYTHMICAL PARTS OF HEARTS
Collaboration between musician, Sebastian Plano
& I, that encapsulates the raw emotion through
the heart and soul of Sebastian himself through
his music. Art covers for 'Arrhythmical Part of
Hearts' 3-panel CD & LP which will be re-released
on Denovali Records on Sep. 20th, 2013.
Concept & Art Direction: May Xiong
Photography & production: May Xiong
© May Xiong Photography


UNiBIRTH
Portrait series based on the artist Aoi Yamaguchi, in the woods. An experimental/conceptualized set of photographs embodying the artist herself intertwined with nature, from her written poetry in calligraphy wrapped around her.
"The theme of "UNiBIRTH", which celebrates the reincarnation of lives that exist in nature and signifies the infinite cycle of the universe." - Aoi Yamaguchi
Concept & Art Direction: Aoi Yamaguchi
Photography & production: May Xiong
© May Xiong Photography





