__all__ = ['imread']

try:
    import osgeo.gdal as gdal
except ImportError:
    raise ImportError(
        "The GDAL Library could not be found. "
        "Please refer to http://www.gdal.org/ "
        "for further instructions."
    )


def imread(fname):
    """Load an image from file."""
    ds = gdal.Open(fname)

    return ds.ReadAsArray()
