"He has been fully aware of the facts of both the supposed 'violation' and 'injury' for decades."Īdditionally, the estate asserts that Elden's lawsuit, if successful, would then criminally implicate every owner of Nevermind. "Elden's claim that the photograph on the Nevermind album cover is 'child pornography' is, on its face, not serious," the band wrote. "A brief examination of the photograph, or Elden's own conduct (not to mention the photograph's presence in the homes of millions of Americans who, on Elden’s theory, are guilty of felony possession of child pornography), makes that clear. "Long before 2011, as Elden has pled, Elden knew about the photograph, and knew that he (and not someone else) was the baby in the photograph," the statement said. The suit is valid only 10 years from the point that a victim "reasonably discovers" it, and the estate claims that Elden was familiar with the photograph's notoriety before 2011, when Elden was 20 years old. Thankfully he kept his clothes on this time around.In a statement last month, the Nirvana estate maintained that not only has Elden profited from his role in the album's cover art but that the statute of limitations for a federal child-pornography lawsuit has almost certainly already expired. Smith Westerns: Smith Westerns (2009) - This one looks like it has the actual Nirvana cover intercut with another picture. To this day the album and the image have sold over 30 million copies worldwide.Įlden, who now works for a street art and viral marketing company in Los Angeles, agreed to pose for a recreation of the image in Rolling Stone for the album’s tenth anniversary in 2001. Needless to say, Geffen caved and the photo remained. Record label Geffen created an alternate cover for the album out of fears that the child’s penis would offend people, prompting Cobain to say that the only way he would compromise would be to put a sticker over the offending body part with the words “If you are offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
While Weddle was able to find a way around the cost, little Spencer’s budding manhood was another matter. Renata and Rick Elden eventually agreed to let their son Spencer be photographed underwater for a flat fee of $200. Conceived by singer Kurt Cobain while watching a documentary on water births, the idea was passed on to Weddle after stock photography of babies proved too expensive. The story behind the cover image has become part of the legend surrounding the album. 71 Nirvana Nevermind Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Editorial Images Images Creative Editorial Video Creative Editorial FILTERS CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 71 nirvana nevermind stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. “Now that Spencer’s old enough, I’d like to shoot him swimming nude again,” Weddle said. Except now that kid, Spencer Elden, is an adult. Spencer Elden, now 30, claims the photo was sexual exploitation and is suing the surviving members of the rock band and Kurt Cobain’s estate for 150,000 (109,000). Kirk Weddle snapped the startling image of an infant in a swimming pool for the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album, and now he wants to recreate the image with the same kid. NIRVANA’S iconic Nevermind album cover, which featured a naked baby in a swimming pool, is at the centre of a new controversy after the muse has started legal action. That famous Nirvana baby may be all grown up, but he can still have his old job back if he wants it.įor the 20th anniversary of Nevermind, the seminal rock record from Nirvana that catapulted the Seattle grunge band to super stardom, the photographer behind the album’s iconic cover wants to reunite with its naked swimming baby.
Elden is asking for at least 150K from each of. Cover shows a naked baby swimming underwater toward a dollar bill on a string. Kirk Weddle’s photo for Nirvana’s classic 1991 album. Image was snapped in 1990 in Pasadena when Elder was four-months-old.
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