Speaking to The Guardian about the image in 2015, Elden said his parents were friends with Weddle and didn't give his being in the photo 'too much thought.' 'Despite this knowledge, defendants failed to take reasonable steps to protect Spencer and prevent his widespread sexual exploitation and image trafficking.'Įlden was four months old when his picture was taken, with photographer Kirk Weddle behind the iconic image. In the lawsuit, via Deadline, Elden claims Nirvana and the defendants in the lawsuit 'knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child pornography depicting Spencer, and they knowingly received value in exchange for doing so. Spencer Elden, who was pictured as a baby on Nirvana’s iconic album cover, “Nevermind,” poses in a pool.Read more The 35 Most Recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees The shoot lasted 15 seconds and Elden’s parents made only $200, his dad told NPR in 2008.Įarlier this month, photographer John Chapple paid him $200 to do it again, he told The Post.Įlden hopped in a lap pool at The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena to recreate the album cover image.Įlden did the same thing 10 years ago, in honor of the album’s 15th anniversary. A fish hook with a dollar bill was later added digitally to the image. In 1991, photographer Kirk Weddle asked Elden’s parents if he could use the baby for a photoshoot for the then-unknown band, according to Time magazine. “It’s cool but weird to be part of something so important that I don’t even remember,” said Elden, who prefers the punk band The Clash over Nirvana. It’s strange that I did this for five minutes when I was 4 months old and it became this really iconic image,” he said. The album, released 25 years ago Saturday, includes songs like “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Come as You Are” and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. “I said to the photographer, ‘Let’s do it naked.’ But he thought that would be weird, so I wore my swim shorts,” said Elden, an artist from LA. Spencer Elden, 25, wanted to go au naturel when he made a splash to honor the legendary grunge band, he told The Post. The naked swimming baby from the cover of the groundbreaking Nirvana album “Nevermind” re-enacted the image for the record’s 25th anniversary - this time wearing clothes.

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