In Pictures: Kurt Cobain’s most personal possessions

In Pictures: Kurt Cobain’s most personal possessions
Cobain Unseen — Photographer Geoff Moore was given rare access to the vault containing Kurt’s intimate belongings.

As writer Charles R Cross prepared his celebrated visual autobiography Cobain Unseen, he arranged for photographer Geoff Moore to be given access to the hallowed Kurt archive.

For one day in 2007, Moore was invited into the high security art storage where Cobain’s most intimate possessions are kept away from prying eyes.

Now his images, which appear in Cobain Unseen, are on display for the first time at KM5 Gallery in Los Angeles.

Moore’s Endorsement show is named after the word Kurt scrawled across his favourite pair of Converse but each image reveals another detail about one of the most enigmatic artists of all time.

Smashed, 2007

Smashed, 2007

The Journals, 2007

The Journals, 2007

Madonna Box, 2007

Madonna Box, 2007

Alongside the Cobain collection, Moore presents his cinematic black and white images that have defined his style for the last two decades.

Hollywood, 2015

Hollywood, 2015

Palm, 2015

Palm, 2015

Anthony Keidis, 2002

Anthony Keidis, 2002

Geoff Moore’s Endorsement is at KM5 Gallery, Los Angeles until March 26.

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