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Born to Run: The Unseen Photos (Limited Edition) [Deluxe Edition] [Hardcover]

Bruce Springsteen (Author), Eric Meola (Photographer), Daniel Wolff (Introduction)
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October 31, 2006
"It is a magnificent album that pays off on every bet ever placed on him—and it should crack his future wide open." - Rolling Stone, on the 1975 release of Bruce Springsteen’s album Born To Run.
Photographer Eric Meola was hired thirty years ago to do a photo shoot which resulted in the iconic rock n’ roll album Born to Run. This magnificent book recreates that photography session, contains all of Bruce’s lyrics, and includes an introduction by distinguished popular music writer Daniel Wolff.
Bruce Springsteen is one of the most important songwriters and performers of the last three decades. Born to Run is the album that put Bruce Springsteen on the cover of both Newsweek and Time. It is a timeless snapshot of Americana—all sweaty, high energy, and tuned to a carnival-like level. For many critics of the day, Born to Run made Springsteen the most important artist of his generation. It was this album that Springsteen’s songs first portrayed a glorious yet very real side of the American Dream.
In this book, Eric Meola shares the photographic alternates and outtakes, most for the very first time, in stunning black- and-white quadratones, more than thirty years after the album’s release. In addition to the many never-before –seen photographs, here for the first time and in one place are all of the lyrics from this iconic American album.
The Limited Edition features: 1,350 numbered copies, clamshell box, and signed photograph


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About the Author

A self-taught photographer, Eric Meola opened his own studio in 1971; by 1975, he photographed the cover for Bruce Springsteen’s album Born to Run and began shooting major advertising campaigns as well. For more than twenty years he has done editorial and corporate photography for major clients and agencies. In 1983, he joined The Image Bank stock photo agency. Meola’s photographs are included in the archive of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the International Center of Photography in New York, the George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art in Munich.
Daniel Wolff is a poet and author of the award-winning You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke and The Memphis Blues Again, and a Grammy nominee. His work has appeared in Vogue, The Nation, Doubletake, and his poetry in the Paris Review, the Partisan Review and the Threepenny Review.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 88 pages
  • Publisher: Insight Editions (October 31, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933784083
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933784083
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 16.7 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,474,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sparks fly on E Street, October 31, 2006
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This beautifully designed book takes you inside a historic moment in rock: When Springsteen finished "Born to Run" and stood on the edge of greatness. Everything was at stake and anything was possible. Meola captures perfectly the guy, the time, the feeling. It's an intimate look that words could not convey. Buy it. The clincher: The money goes to a good cause, New Jersey's food bank.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait, January 9, 2007
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Bruce D. Nibbs (Hobart, Tasmania Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Born to Run: The Unseen Photos (Limited Edition) (Hardcover)
When I opened up this book for the first time I couldn't believe to quality of the production.

There is a protective cardboard box which encases a display box for the book itself.

The display box is a little larger than the size of a vinyl album and then when opened there is a copy of an album cover on the inside and the book on the other.

Each book has a signed and numbered reference from Meola to record which copy of the 1350 published is yours and a reference to the fact that all of Meola's proceeds are being donated to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words and these speak volumes. As you can imagine there are a number of shots which have been taken close together so you pick up on the character and personality of Springsteen. The standard of photographs is outstanding and have been reproduced in this book to an excellent standard.

There are also the lyrics reproduced from the album which when combined with the photos make this an oustanding production.

If you can make the investment, buy the limited edition as it is such a high quality and worthwile production.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Unseen Photos, March 12, 2011
This review is from: Born to Run: The Unseen Photos (Limited Edition) (Hardcover)
`Born to Run: The Unseen Photos' is a large format hardback book that shows us some photos from the Born to Run album cover shoot that were unused and previously unseen. This has a brief introduction from the photographer before we get to the photos themselves. Some are alternative shots from the album and feel vaguely familiar and others are outtakes and offer a fresh perspective to some now iconic images. All the photos are in black and white and there are also the lyrics from the album interspersed throughout. This makes for an excellent coffee table book for Springsteen fans and it's large vinyl album size format is a pleasure to browse through. It doesn't offer up loads of info or substance but it gives you style in abundance.

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