11-time Olympic medalist, Ryan Lochte, does it again, creates media and attention around the sport of swimming out of thin air.
Ryan Lochte recreates Nirvana album cover
With the help of ESPN Magazine, a brilliant idea was born:
Recreate the iconic Nirvana album cover from the 1991 classic, Nevermind.
Few forget the gripping album cover image. The baby’s underwater, eyes wide open, seemingly chasing a US dollar bill on the fishhook. It says a lot of about America, about greed, about how we indoctrinate our children into the economic machine that it is…but let’s be honest. The album cover is “funny” for one obvious reason…and I’ll leave it there.
Nirvana, the band, is loved for bringing music back to its honest and raw roots, after a disappointing decade of pop muisc far too synthesizer heavy. Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain was a poet that happened to also shred his guitar. A leader of the grunge moment’s more serious exploration of rock music, Nirvana’s work remains relevant to this day.
The original cover was shot at the Rose Bowl Aquatics facility, former training ground of the legendary Jason Lezak among others.
Screenshots of Ryan Lochte’s ESPN Magazine Photo Shoot:
Ryan Lochte recreates Nirvana album cover
Ryan Lochte recreates Nirvana album cover
Ryan Lochte recreates Nirvana album cover
Miss America, meet Mr America
Funny photo shoot, Ryan did a great job
hey completely conquered! in it’s basic structure and progression, smells like teen spirit IS gouge away
So true. Actually young Frank Black looks a lot like older Ian Crocker. Ian plays guitar to, so… 🙂
Haha another JG. You are bad.
Spot the difference: Ok I am going to state the obvious anyways, Lochte should be naked.
If he were we would have psycho 15 year old girls screaming here and a Lot of Overly conservatives claiming for public punishment, ban for life, destruction of family values and the list could go on far and far.. on a place where the maximum entity take their time worrying about deck changing..
But it’s a bit like Natalie Coughlin doing a recreation of a Sports Illustrated swim suit cover in a technical suit.
Lochte should be naked.
Anyone care to guess where the baby photo was taken? Anyone? Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, in Pasadena, CA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Bowl_Aquatics_Center
For what it’s worth, it’s a tremendous facility, with an awesome Masters program.
Does Ryan Lochte even Listen to Nirvana?? Or is it because Little Wayne did??