‘In the wake of death, Courtney Love was giving it her all’: Hole’s Melissa auf der Maur on her best photograph
‘This is Courtney doing her makeup on the ’95 Lollapalooza tour. I was documenting my generation being hijacked by corporate greed – and destroyed following the sacrificial death of Kurt Cobain’
TL;DR
- Photography was Melissa Auf der Maur's first love, offering her a sense of agency and a personal universe.
- Her camera documented her time in Hole, capturing the essence of Courtney Love and their generation during the 90s rock scene.
- The Lollapalooza '95 tour was a significant period, with Auf der Maur documenting the band amidst challenges like addiction and societal shifts.
- Courtney Love's implicit trust allowed Auf der Maur to capture her authentic self, both as a bandmate and as a subject.
- Auf der Maur's photographs from this era are compiled in her book, 'Melissa Auf der Maur: My ’90s Rock Photographs'.