Amy Taylor, the fearless frontwoman of Amyl and The Sniffers, has filed a lawsuit against an award-winning American photographer who she claims sold photos from a magazine shoot without permission.
In papers filed with a California district court, Taylor’s reps accuse Jamie Nelson of unauthorized commercial exploitation of images originally snapped for Vogue Portugal.
The photos, part of the so-called “Champagne Problems” series, were published in July 2025, and have been shared widely on social media. However, prints remain for sale through Nelson’s website, with prices ranging from $1,500 up to $3,600, reduced from $4,000.
The series is a “visual dialogue between two kindred spirits,” reads Nelson’s page, both “fiercely embodying defiance, glamour, and authenticity.”
The shoot took place at Nelson’s “iconic vintage pink palace in Los Angeles,” and captures Taylor’s take-no-prisoner’s punk spirit, and wicked sense of Aussie humor.
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the court documents include a portion of a letter sent by the band’s manager Simone Ubaldi, co-director of Sundowner Artists, to Nelson, addressing the commercialization of those photos.
“I cannot be clearer about this — [Ms Taylor] does not want you to sell images of her face, or her body as fine art prints,” the letter reads.
“If you had been transparent with her in advance of the shoot about your desire/intentions to sell the photos, she would have said no to the shoot.
“We simply would have said no to the shoot.”
Billboard reached out to Taylor and Nelson’s respective reps for comment.
Nelson’s photography has appeared in many celebrated publications, including Vogue, Playboy, and Vanity Fair, and she has worked with a long list of recording artists, including Halsey, Camila Cabello, Gwen Stefani, Megan Thee Stallion, and Maren Morris.
Amyl and The Sniffers are arguably Australia’s hottest rock band right now. The rockers are coming off a barnstorming year, during which they played Glastonbury Festival, earned a BRIT Award nomination, cleaned up at the ARIA Awards with four wins, and scored a first-ever nomination for the 2026 Grammy Awards, in the best rock performance category for “U Should Not Be Doing That.”
Taylor took her own leap into electronic music with “you’re a star,” a collaboration with Fred Again, and the group opened for AC/DC on the legendary Australian rock band’s stadium tour of Australia. Amyl’s appearance was an early “bogan Christmas” present to fans of AC/DC, “the best band in the f—ing world,” Taylor said at the tour finale, Dec. 18 at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium.
