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The retired model whose image Vampire Weekend appropriated for their second album’s artwork has once again said she did not give consent for her photo to adorn the cover of ‘Contra’.
As reported by Spinner in July, Ann Kristen Kennis is suing Vampire Weekend, the photographer Tod Brody who claims to have taken the shot, and the band’s London-based label XL Recordings for $2 million (£1.3 million).
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Kennis revealed it was her 13-year old daughter Alex who discovered the picture. At first the former model was happy to see her daughter getting a kick out of it, but she soon grew angry the more she realised she was being used as the figurehead for the New York band’s promotional campaign.
Kennis said, “It felt like someone was exploiting me. Who do these people think they are that they can just take my picture from God only knows where and plaster it everywhere?”
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