Had his life not been cruelly cut short in a plane crash at age 39, Dan Weiner might have become as famous as his photographs. An extraordinary talent, his remarkable legacy is built upon a mere span of 10 years. Among that body of work is one of the most recognizable album covers – in any music genre – ever produced: Columbia Masterworks ML 5060 – which reproduces 30 frames of Glenn Gould all taken by Dan Winer at the label’s 30th Street Studio, New York City, in June 1955 for the pianist’s 1956 iconic debut album of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Incidentally, in 1957 Epic Records issued a similarly designed jacket for Philippe Entremont’s all-Chopin album LC 3116, which features the same camera-strip pattern albeit in 25 frames, the pianist appearing in 22 of them. The photos, uncredited by Epic, were not taken by Weiner, but already show the unmistakable impact of his visually inventive camerawork. Though his career blossomed during the golden age of the 1950s picture magazines – Life, Collier’s, Fortune, Look, and This Week – his work would endure long afterwards.Â