Kurt Cobain, Reading, UK, 8/30/92

I was one of the very few, out of almost a hundred photographers there, that was allowed to shoot from the the stage during Nirvana's legendary 1992 Reading Festival show, and the only one on Kurt's side. As the band was pounding away in front of me and 45,000 steaming, mud caked fans, I caught a glimpse of Kurt's silhouette on his amp stack. Immediately, Joe Sia's classic photo of Jimi Hendrix silhouetted against his torn amps came to mind, and I knew I had to get that shot. The things is, the light wasn't steady, nor Kurt, so several elements out of my control had to come together. Plus I didn't want to miss the action happening in front of me. Out of ten tries, this was the only true ...View all