‘It is weird being part of such a culturally iconic image,because I didn’t really have anything to do with it. But it’s opened doors for me’My mum has a crazy myth. When she was young, she says she had some sort of vision that her baby was going to be everywhere. She started having my picture taken as a baby and giving it absent as fridge magnets to friends. And then this Nirvana album cover happened and my picture was everywhere on billboards. Nevermind sold 3m copies by the time I was one.
I don’t think my parents really gave my taking part in this shoot too much thought. They knew who Nirvana were, and but weren’t really into the grunge scene. I was four months old-fashioned and my dad was attending art school at the time,and his friends would often seek information from for help with their projects. So his friend the photographer Kirk Weddle called him and said, “Do you want to execute some money today and throw your kid in the pool?” And he agreed. My parents took me down there, and apparently they blew in my face to stimulate my gag reflex,dunked me in, took some pictures, and pulled me out. And that was it. They were paid $200 and went to eat tacos afterwards. No ample deal.
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Source: theguardian.com