Amy Taylor, leader of the Australian punk band Amyl And The Sniffers, is suing photographer Jamie Nelson in a California district court, accusing the photographer of “exploitation of her image.” According to the complaint, Nelson did a photo shoot with Taylor for Vogue Portugal with the understanding that Nelson would not sell the images from that shoot as fine art prints. Now that Nelson is selling those images, Taylor is suing Nelson for damages, including “lost profits and damages to her reputation, brand, and business interests.”
The Guardian has a complete report on Amy Taylor’s lawsuit against Jamie Nelson. Taylor’s lawsuit says that Amyl And The Sniffers manager Simone Ubaldi first reached out to Nelson in 2024, asking about shooting images for an Amyl And The Sniffers record. The shoot was arranged, but it fell through, reportedly because the band “expressly communicated” that they didn’t want Nelson to use those images for “non-Band-sanctioned, private commercial purposes,” including fine art prints.
Earlier this year, Jamie Nelson allegedly contacted Amy Taylor for another photo project, doing a photo shoot of images that were published in the July 2025 issue of Vogue Portugal. Nelson and Taylor did that photo shoot together in Los Angeles, and the images were published in the magazine, but Taylor’s lawyer says that she never licensed those images to be used in any other context. After the magazine shoot ran, Nelson allegedly sent Simone Ubaldi, Amyl And The Sniffers’ manager, a series of shots that she wanted to sell as “fine art prints” and “zines,” but Taylor’s lawyer claims that she rejected those requests.
Despite all those alleged interactions, Jamie Nelson is now selling a number of fine art images of Amy Taylor on her website, with the prints priced at $3,600 apiece. (The text on the website claims that the photos were “shot within Nelson’s iconic vintage pink palace in Los Angeles” and that Nelson and Taylor are “often mistaken as each others doppelgängers.”) Nelson is also selling a $69 zine of images from that shoot with Amy Taylor, though it’s limited to 225 copies. Taylor’s lawsuit claims that the zine “appears to have been done in retaliation of Ms. Taylor’s demands that [Nelson] stop their unlawful exploitation of Ms. Taylor’s name, image and likeness for [her] commercial interest.”
