Never-before-seen photos of Kurt Cobain have been released to mark the 30th anniversary of the late Nirvana frontman's death.

Husband and wife photographer duo Russell Peacock and Constance Hansen, known professionally as Guzman, unveiled previously unseen photos they took of Cobain, his then-wife Courtney Love, and their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, in September 1992.

Many of the intimate and candid shots, shared by TMZ, showed Cobain and Love posing on the bed at their home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Heights neighborhood with their then-newborn child.

Other images showed Cobain strumming his guitar, cradling his daughter, posing on a couch and writing the words "diet grrrl" on his stomach using a marker in a nod to the feminist punk movement "riot grrrl."

Love was also seen feeding baby Frances and showing off the words "family values" Cobain had written on her stomach.

Hansen and Peacock had shot the couple and their daughter for the cover story in the December 1992 issue of Spin! magazine.

Only five images out of the nearly 100 taken during the "Family Values" photoshoot were actually published in the magazine at the time.

Another photo from the shoot was later published by Rolling Stone after Cobain died by suicide at age 27 on April 5, 1994, People reported, citing powerHouse Books.

The 90 unseen shots of Cobain, the Hole frontwoman and their daughter from the photoshoot are set to be published in a new photo book titled "Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean."

Speaking to CNN about the upcoming book, Guzman said they had originally planned to have the couple do "domestic chores" around the house for the shoot.

However, their plans changed after they arrived at the musicians' home, and Cobain was still in bed.

"Thirty years later, we thought, well maybe that was the whole plan all along," Peacock told CNN. "Because he was wearing this fancy robe, and that's not something he would ever wear normally."

"Photographing someone in bed is great because they're vulnerable, and it's very personal."

According to the photographer, Cobain became "more open" after Love brought their baby girl to the shoot.

"Having the baby there made a big difference, I think," Peacock said. "We kind of joked like, wow, we should bring babies on more shoots because they open people up."


Frances also marked her father's 30th death anniversary with an emotional tribute on Instagram Friday that included several photos of Cobain.

Among the images the now-31-year-old visual artist shared were from what she said was the "last time" she was with Cobain while he was still alive.

The black-and-white snaps showed the rocker kissing the then-toddler's face and having a blast with her.

"I wish I could've known my Dad. I wish I knew the cadence of his voice, how he liked his coffee, or the way it felt to be tucked in after a bedtime story," Frances wrote.

"But there is also deep wisdom [in] being on an expedited path to understanding how precious life is. He gifted me a lesson in death that can only come through the LIVED experience of losing someone. It's the gift of knowing for certain, when we love ourselves & those around us with compassion, with openness, with grace, the more meaningful our time here inherently becomes."

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"Family Values: Kurt, Courtney & Frances Bean," which will be published by powerHouse Books, is set to hit shelves on June 4. The book is available for preorder now.


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