According to a report by The Guardian,<\/a> Taylor\u2019s lawsuit outlines a dispute with the photographer that dates back to mid-2024. Court documents state that in July of that year, the band\u2019s manager Simone Ubaldi contacted Nelson about photographing the band for an upcoming album. That proposed shoot did not proceed after the band \u201cexpressly communicated\u201d that it did not want Nelson using its name, image, or likeness to promote her photography business or to sell merchandise, including fine art prints.<\/p>\n\u201cAs explained to Ms. Nelson, the Band was zealously protective of their image and did not want these used for non-Band-sanctioned, private commercial purposes such as Ms. Nelson had proposed. As a result, the photo shoot was never conducted,\u201d the complaint states, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n
The complaint states that several months later, in late March, Nelson contacted Taylor directly to request a separate photo shoot. Nelson allegedly writes that the images would be published \u201cexclusively in the July 2025 issue of Vogue Portugal.\u201d Taylor agreed to participate under those terms.<\/p>\n
Court filings allege that Taylor did not authorize or license Nelson to make any commercial use of the images beyond their publication in that magazine. The shoot took place in May, and the photographs later appeared on the cover and inside the July issue of Vogue Portugal.<\/p>\n
However, the complaint states that on September 2, Nelson sent Taylor and Ubaldi a presentation of selected images, indicating an intention to sell them as \u201cfine art prints\u201d through her websites. Ubaldi immediately objected, informing Nelson that Taylor did not give permission for the images to be sold as prints or zines and that their only permitted use was for Vogue Portugal.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges that Nelson was \u201cwell aware\u201d of Taylor\u2019s opposition to any expanded commercial use of the images and that no agreement existed allowing such sales. The complaint further states that Nelson continued to seek a licence, but Taylor rejected each request, and no deal was reached.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not interested in a buyout of these images\u2026 I cannot be clearer about this \u2014 [Taylor] does not want you to sell images of her face, or her body as fine art prints,\u201d Ubaldi writes to Nelson on September 15, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
Despite this, the complaint alleges that on September 20, Taylor discovered the photographs were being sold as fine art prints on Nelson\u2019s website and were also being used to promote Nelson\u2019s commercial activities. The filing further claims Nelson later offered a specially designed \u201czine\u201d made up entirely of published and unpublished images from the Vogue Portugal shoot. Taylor\u2019s images also continue to appear on Nelson\u2019s Instagram and Facebook accounts without authorization, according to the lawsuit. <\/p>\n
The lawsuit alleges that Nelson\u2019s use of the photos has been likely to \u201ccause confusion or mistake, or to deceive\u201d regarding Taylor\u2019s endorsement of the photographer\u2019s commercial activities. It describes Taylor\u2019s public image as central to her career, noting that fans recognise her for a distinctive aesthetic tied to punk and Australian pub rock. Taylor\u2019s complaint claims the singer will \u201ccontinue to suffer\u201d harm, including \u201clost profits and damages to her reputation, brand, and business interests\u201d as a result of the photographer\u2019s actions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Louise Taylor, the lead singer of rock band Amyl and the Sniffers, on the cover of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,35554,356,75,150356,162015,8127,20630],"class_list":{"0":"post-379909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-copyright","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-fashionphotography","17":"tag-fineartprints","18":"tag-lawsuit","19":"tag-vogue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Amy Louise Taylor, the lead singer of rock band Amyl and the Sniffers, on the cover of the July issue of Vogue Portugal. The images for this Vogue shoot are at the center of a lawsuit. <\/p>\n