  The cool hypergiant star RW Cephei is currently in a deep photometric minimum
that began several years ago. This event bears a strong similarity to the Great
Dimming of the red supergiant Betelgeuse that occurred in 2019-2020. We present
the first resolved images of RW Cephei that we obtained with the CHARA Array
interferometer. The angular diameter and Gaia distance estimates indicate a
stellar radius of 900 - 1760 R_sun which makes RW Cep one of the largest stars
known in the Milky Way. The reconstructed, near-infrared images show a striking
asymmetry in the disk illumination with a bright patch offset from center and a
darker zone to the west. The imaging results depend on assumptions made about
the extended flux, and we present two cases with and without allowing extended
emission. We also present a recent near-infrared spectrum of RW Cep that
demonstrates that the fading is much larger at visual wavelengths compared to
that at near-infrared wavelengths as expected for extinction by dust. We
suggest that the star's dimming is the result of a recent surface mass ejection
event that created a dust cloud that now partially blocks the stellar
photosphere.
