Former model and photographer go back and forth in new Vanity Fair over album art.
By James Montgomery
Vampire Weekend's <i>Contra</i>
Photo: Xl
In a new Vanity Fair story, both sides in the ongoing Vampire Weekend Contra cover-girl lawsuit — that would be former model Ann Kirsten Kennis and photographer Tod Brody — sound off. (Vw refused to comment.) And judging from what they have to say, this thing isn't going to be resolved anytime soon.
At the heart of the suit (which Kennis' lawyer, Alan Neigher, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court back in July) is a single Polaroid of the towheaded model taken in 1983 and whether Vampire Weekend, Xl Recordings or Brody ever attained Kennis' permission to use it on the now-famous cover of Vw's Contra album. The band, the label and the photographer all insist they followed the appropriate steps — even getting a signed release from Kennis — while...
By James Montgomery
Vampire Weekend's <i>Contra</i>
Photo: Xl
In a new Vanity Fair story, both sides in the ongoing Vampire Weekend Contra cover-girl lawsuit — that would be former model Ann Kirsten Kennis and photographer Tod Brody — sound off. (Vw refused to comment.) And judging from what they have to say, this thing isn't going to be resolved anytime soon.
At the heart of the suit (which Kennis' lawyer, Alan Neigher, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court back in July) is a single Polaroid of the towheaded model taken in 1983 and whether Vampire Weekend, Xl Recordings or Brody ever attained Kennis' permission to use it on the now-famous cover of Vw's Contra album. The band, the label and the photographer all insist they followed the appropriate steps — even getting a signed release from Kennis — while...
- 8/25/2010
- MTV Music News
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