Kurt Cobain with dolls' heads: Mark Seliger’s best photograph

 

‘It was intended to be surreal. He got it’ ... Kurt Cobain, photographed in 1993. Photograph: Mark Seliger

 

I first photographed Nirvana in 1992 for Rolling Stone magazine in the midst of the band’s world tour for Nevermind, their breakthrough album.

 

Kurt Cobain had something of a reputation, and the day before the shoot I asked Dave Grohl [the band’s drummer] and Krist Novoselic [bass] if they would be so kind as to ask Kurt to wear a T-shirt without writing or slogans on it. 

 

The next day, the guys arrived for the shoot laughing. Kurt was in sunglasses, with a sweater all buttoned up.

 

When he took it off, it turned out he was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words: “Corporate Magazines Still Suck.” Thankfully, Rolling Stone saw the humour in it and ran it on the cover.

 

Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/04/kurt-cobain-dolls-mark-seliger-best-photograph 

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