LIVE NIRVANA PHOTO HISTORY xx xx, 1988 - Bainbridge Island, WA, US

Photographer
Charles Peterson
Shoot location
Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA, US
Commissioned by
Sub Pop
Related discs
Bleach (2009). Sub Pop
Related publications
Screaming Life: A Chronicle of the Seattle Music Scene (1995). HarperCollins
Related exhibitions
Nirvana: With The Lights Out (2005). Proud Galleries, London
Come As You Are: Seattle's Rock Legacy (2007). Soulcatcher Studio, Seattle
Experiencing Nirvana (2014). Proud Galleries, London
Come As You Are: Kurt Cobain and the Grunge Revolution (2020). Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence

This was my first photo shoot with Nirvana, in the spring of 1988. We went to Bainbridge Island off Seattle, where Chad Channing lived. I really liked those pictures. It was close to the end of the day and I had the idea of putting them into a field of poppies. Kurt was very relaxed - in fact he was cracking up as I took the pictures.

"Exposed: The Photography Of Charles Peterson", Uncut Legends #2 (2004)