Scene Seen: Baltimore Band Portraits 2016–2024⁠

85 Baltimore Bands
200+ Portraits
300 Pages

Photography by Micah E. Wood
Design by Christopher Chester

Scene Seen features the portraits of musicians across Maryland, with a core focus on the midtown neighborhoods of Baltimore City spanning eight years.

“This book is an archive; a cross-section of Baltimore’s vibrant, creative DIY brilliance. The photos have a musicality. They are full of color, depth, and motion, reverberating and echoing from the printed page.”
- Forward by: Teri Henderson

The book is published with kind support from: Maryland State Arts Council and Good Fight
Offset Printed in Lithuania by KOPA

Edition of 500

Photos are just a mock-up of the final book

Bands featured in the book:

A4lenia,  Abdu Ali*, Al Rogers Jr., Albert Bagman, Ami Dang*, Ari & The Buffalo Kings, Bartees Strange, Bobbi Rush, Bond St. District, Brandon Woody, Butch Dawson, Cadeem LaMarr, Cal Rifkin, Chiffon, Colloboh*, Dan Deacon, Daoure Diongue*, Daphne Eckman*, Dapper Dan Midas, DOUBT*, Ducky Dynamo, DYYO LIVE!, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Eyas*, Furrows, Giji*, Glorian*, GRL PWR, Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals, Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, John Tyler*, Jon Birkholz, Josh Stokes, JPEGMAFIA, Jupiter Rex, Kotic Couture*, Lady Ro, Lean Tee, Lemary, LEVELESS, Manners Manners*, Mateyo*, Megafauna, Michelle Luong, Mighty Mark*, Modern Nomad, Mole Suit Choir, Moon Tide Gallery*, Mowder Oyal*, N A E*, Nan-Ana, Natural Velvet*, Nina Gala*, notcharles, Nourished By Time, Outcalls*, Peach Face, PEARL, Pianos Become The Teeth*, Plant Dad, Powerwasher, Proper Nouns, Puddled*, Quantum Keys, Rahne Alexander, RoVo Monty*, Shalom, Shiny Boy Press, Smoke Bellow*, Snail Mail, Sneaks*, Soduh, Soul Cannon*, Super City, Surf Harp, Suzanne Doogan*, Tek.Lun, Thee Windows, Thunder Club, Tokenized, Tomato Flower, Trillnatured*, TT the Artist, Until the Very End, Will Ryerson*

*Contributed writing to the book

"Years from now, when historians want to learn about the Baltimore music scene, they should look to the books of Micah E. Wood. Over the past decade, the MICA grad, photographer, and musician himself has published two captivating collections of local artist portraits, each in his distinctive dream-like style-rich in color, light, and life force. As in the just-published Scene Seen, these works not only document the creative spirits who craft the soundtrack of this city, but also bottle the electric essence of Baltimore itself."
- Baltimore Magazine, 2025

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