Visual
By: Kelly Dillon
Background Album Info
• This album cover comes from Nirvana‘s 1991 hit
“Nevermind.”
• First album produced with new record label,
DGC records.
• It was produced by Andy Wallace; who also had
worked with bands such as Slayer, Metallica,
and Guns ‘n’ Roses
• Image was created by the band’s art director,
Robert Fisher.
• The baby pictured is named Spencer Elden, who
was Fisher’s nephew.
Audience
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Other musicians
Producers
Music critics
Fans
Just anybody evolved with music
Background Band Info
• Formed by lead singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist
Krist Novoselic in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington.
• First number one hit was “Smells Like Teen Spirit” off of
there first album “Bleach.”
• This band was the leaders of the grunge rock era.
• The group stayed together till 1994 when Cobain lost his
personal battle wit heroin and shot himself in his Seattle
home and out of respect the band members all went
there own ways to focus on the things that are most
important in life.
Reaction of Viewers
• What is the first thing you notice in the
picture?
• What is the second things you notice?
• What do you think this picture is trying to
say?
• How does the title of the CD go with the
message the picture gives?
My opinion
• The first thing I noticed was obviously the baby.
• The second thing I noticed was the money in water.
• In my opinion this picture is trying to capture the way that
the American culture has become by show how people
try to chase the dollar and they used a baby to give it
more emphasis then I would if it was just an adult.
• The name of the album and this picture go together
perfectly. By calling it nevermind and showing how the
dollar has became so important to us; the title shows
how we the people have turned a blind eye to all the
corrupt and morally wrong things people do just to make
more money. We pretty much have just said never mind
and just accepted that this is how it is going to be.
Appeal
• I believe that this picture has pathos(emotional)
appeal as well as ethos(ethical) appeal.
• It has pathos appeal because after seeing the
picture it is sad the this is what our culture has
become and what it accepts as normal.
• It has ethos appeal because ethically it is wrong
how some money is made and some things
done in order to get more.
Symbols
• The baby and the dollar bill are both
symbols in this picture. I believe they
symbolize how most Americans have put
making money at the top of their priority
list rather than things such as family, your
faith/religion, or what ever people think
about you.
Irony
• I believe this picture is ironic. I say this
because in the begin when this country
was founded people didn’t have money
and those that did for the most part didn’t
have any more than what they needed, but
now money is the thing that makes the
world go around. Statistically speaking if
you don’t have money in today's society
you don’t have anything. It’s crazy how
things change over time.
Bibliography
• http://www.musicdirect.com/product/85727
• http://www.nirvanaclub.com/
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