![]() "You don’t really want to shoot a band in the morning. “After shooting the album cover, we stupidly shot the band at 10:00 in the morning while they were on tour," he says. For one thing, Kurt Cobian, the lead singer for Nirvana, was absent at call time. However, when it came time to shooting the band, things did not go so smoothly. When he finally shows up, he just lies down and sleeps for a couple hours. It was a tough day, cloudy, and Kurt was nowhere to be found. Fifteen minutes into the shoot and half a roll of film later, Weddle had captured the iconic cover. The subject was Spencer Elden, the infant of Weddle’s friends. The band initially wanted the cover to be a photo of an underwater birth, but with strong resistance from their label, they eventually settled on a baby swimming in a pool. DGC/Geffen Records spotted his portfolio and hired him to shoot the album cover of their newly signed band, Nirvana. From that point on, I tried to promote myself as an underwater studio.” Weddle’s efforts paid off. ![]() “I’d been a diver forever and I was actually fired off of a job once and they said, 'don’t ever bring this guy back unless it’s an underwater shot.' That’s how my specialty came about. On a whim, he applied to the Art Center of Design in Pasadena, CA and was accepted.Īfter graduating, Weddle decided to take a unique approach to commercial photography. ![]() ![]() However, due to suffering an injury while serving in the military, Weddle was rewarded with a full scholarship to the college of his choice. Weddle’s sense of humor and demeanor make it hard to believe that in the past, he donned camouflage rather than his favored bunny suit. Initially wanted the cover to be a photo of an underwater birth, but with strong resistance from their label, they eventually settled on a baby swimming in a pool. ![]()
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