Melissa Auf der Maur's Unseen '90s Grunge Archive

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Melissa Auf der Maur spent the '90s touring the world as bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, but she was also a photography student at Concordia who documented it all herself. Aperture features her personal archive of self-portraits and behind-the-scenes images from inside two of the decade's biggest bands, shot from a position no outside photographer could have held.
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