[Python] Open / load image as numpy ndarray directly

I used to use scipy which would load an image from file straight into an ndarray.

from scipy import misc
img = misc.imread('./myimage.jpg')
type(img)
>>> numpy.ndarray


But now it gives me a DeprecationWarning and the docs say it will be removed in 1.2.0. and I should use imageio.imread instead. But:

import imageio
img = imageio.imread('./myimage.jpg')
type(img)
>>> imageio.core.util.Image


I could convert it by doing

img = numpy.array(img)


But this seems hacky. Is there any way to load an image straight into a numpy array as I was doing before with scipy's misc.imread (other than using OpenCV)?

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