I was a huge Nirvana fan growing up so when I stumbled across this article I was pretty excited.
Kurt asleep on the side of the pool early in the morning of the shoot:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2011/09/exclusive_interview_with_nirva.php
The article talks about the photographer, Kirk Weddle, capturing the cover image for the Nevermind album. I consider it to be one of the greatest album covers ever made. You can actually pick up a limited edition print of the original image for $600 on www.rockpaperphoto.com.
Here's the cover:
Here's the baby on the cover all grown up:
Its got to feel good to capture an image that has that much of an impact. Maybe someday I'll know. BTW that album changed rock and roll forever.
Great post! Loved seeing the behind-the-scenes shot of him sleeping; cool to see how the kid has grown up. Thanks for sharing!
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