The shooting for the legendary album cover "Nevermind" for Nirvana

The cover of the album Nevermind c child swimming under water one of the most iconic in the history of modern music. The shooting was done by photographer kirk Weddle.

25 years after filming, in 2016 Weddle put about 200 pictures from the photo shoot. In this collection you will find the most interesting.

The photographer then asked to do the artwork for the album is little known at the time of the group — a picture of the baby underwater reaching for the dollar on a fishing hook. In addition, he had to do some promo shots for the groups that jumped into the pool.

Originally on the cover of the group wanted to put a frame from a documentary about childbirth in water, but, according to the record company, they were too unpleasant. Just then converged on the floating baby. In the end the cover was timesay a boy named Spencer Elden, the son of a friend of the photographer who photographed only five minutes.

The main message of the cover had to say about capitalist greed that prevailed in modern society. It was therefore decided to add to the frame of a fishing hook with a dollar bill.