nirvana nevermind cover photo 26 years later

These include the surviving band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, the managers of Cobain’s estate, photographer Kirk Weddle, and art director Robert Fisher. In the legal documents, Elden claims that his “true identity and legal name are forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor, which has been distributed and sold worldwide from the time he was a baby to the present day.” The 30-year-old also alleges that he has suffered a number of “lifelong damages” as a result of the 1991 album artwork, including “extreme and permanent emotional distress,” “interference with his normal development and educational progress,” and “medical and psychological treatment.” Now, Elden is asking for $150,000 in damages from each of the 15 defendants. That vision was a bit too graphic, so we went with the swimming baby instead,” Fisher said. “ thought the image would make a cool cover. The cover’s art director, Robert Fisher, previously said that Kurt Cobain drew inspiration for the cover art after watching a documentary about babies born underwater. Elsewhere, the image has been interpreted as an artistic statement on capitalism. Lewis, claims that the image crosses a threshold into pornographic imagery. While nonsexualized images of infants are generally not considered to be child porn under US law, Elden’s lawyer, Robert Y. The lawsuit also claims that Nirvana “intentionally commercially marketed Spencer’s child pornography and leveraged the shocking nature of his image to promote themselves and their music at his expense.” BuzzFeed News has reached out to a representative for Nirvana for comment. “The images exposed Spencer's intimate body part and lasciviously displayed Spencer's genitals from the time he was an infant to the present day,” attorneys for Elden allege in legal documents filed in California this week. In it, he claims the nude image of him, which has since become one of the most globally recognizable album covers in history, constitutes child pornography.

On Tuesday, Elden filed a lawsuit that has been obtained by Variety. The album artwork depicts 4-month-old Elden underwater in a swimming pool with his arms reaching out, grasping for a dollar bill that is being dangled in front of him from a fishing line. Now, 30 years later, he is suing the band, alleging that he was “sexually exploited” as a minor. Spencer Elden was an infant when he was photographed naked by a family friend for the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album cover.

Nirvana nevermind cover photo 26 years later