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The baby-floating-in-water cover for Nirvana's Nevermind album is one of contemporary rock’s most iconic. It was shot by Austin-based photographer Kirk Weddle.

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several people in a swimming pool with no lifeguards on duty signs behind them

Photographer Kirk Weddle is releasing photos from his underwater photoshoot with Nirvana 25 years later. He buried the photos that were meant to complement the band’s ‘Nevermind’ cover when the record label didn’t approve. He recalls, “When I had shot the album cover, I was like the golden child. But with these, they were like, ‘We hate ‘em.’” Despite shooting the infamous cover, the pool party was Weddle’s first time meeting Nirvana. “I never crossed paths with the band again after the…

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a young man swimming in the water with his hair blowing in the wind and looking at the camera

Lost In History on Instagram: "Nirvana during the Nevermind photo shoot, 1991 Album photographer Kirk Weddle recalled that Kurt Cobain showed up 2 hours late and took a nap at the side of the pool the moment he arrived (pictured in final slide) Nevermind went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. Cobain died 3 years after the shoot 🕊️"

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