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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – ” Corvette Winter “, NJ, 1978

Posted: July 18, 2016 in MUSIC
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN by FRANK STEFANKO

“Corvette Winter”, Archival fine art pigment print, ed. open (11x14in) signed on the front by Frank Stefanko. Silver Gelatin prints available.

ed. open (11x14in). ed. 25 (16x20in – 20x24in – 30x40in), signed and numbered on the front by Frank Stefanko. Silver Gelatin prints available.ed. open (11x14in). ed. 25 (16x20in – 20x24in – 30x40in), signed and numbered on the front by Frank Stefanko. Silver Gelatin prints available.

Frank Stefanko shot this iconic photograph of Bruce Springsteen in 1978 in Haddonfield, New Jersey. In Frank’s book Days of Hopes and Dreams he comments: “Bruce seemed to come to Haddonfield in a different vehicle each time. After his initial visit in that old Chevy pick-up truck, the next day, Sunday, he arrived in a slick ’60 Corvette. I think that car was his pride and joy. It was loaded, it was sleek, it ruled Route 9 and the New Jersey Turnpike. I imagined what it would be like to be Bruce, cruising in that Vette up the Pike under that giant Exxon sign in the wee, wee hours, thinking up song ideas while listening to his favorite tunes in that bad-ass Corvette.”

WALL OF SOUND GALLERY – Fine Art Photography ” Bruce Springsteen. Jungleland ” Exhibition from Frank Stefanko

Posted: July 18, 2016 in MUSIC
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FIRST ITALIAN SHOW OF FRANK STEFANKO’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF SPRINGSTEEN TO TIE IN WITH THE “RIVER TOUR”.

Bruce Springsteen’s  River Tour 2016 has just finished shows in Rome and Milan in Italy this July. We’re very proud to announce that fhe first ever exhibition in Italy of Frank Stefanko’s historic photographs will open at Wall Of Sound Gallery on July 2nd. Frank has captured Springsteen mainly between 1978 and 1982, but also later. The most recent images in the show were taken in 2004. Frank’s images were used on the covers of milestone albums like “Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The album currently on tour “The River”. His will also be the cover shot for Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming autobiography, Born To Run , due out on Sept. 27th. Stefanko will attend the opening to meet his Italian fans and sign copies of his book Days of Hope and Dreams (Giorni di sogni e speranza), published in Italy by Arcana.

“Jungleland“: Stefanko & Springsteen ad Alba

The epic shots of Bruce Springsteen on display in Alba

ALBA (CN) July 18th – It ‘still soaring enthusiasm for the Milanese and the concerts at the Circus Maximus in Rome the’ Boss’ of world rock Bruce Springsteen . And just in Piedmont, more precisely in Alba (CN), many springsteeniani can keep dreaming with the rocker from New Jersey: from July 2nd to 4th September, The Wall Of Sound Gallery ,  it is possible to visit ‘ Jungleland’ – The Photography of Frank Stefanko,  an exhibition of the American photographer who has had the good fortune to capture Bruce between 1978 and 1982, and beyond, over and over again. Increasingly Stefanko are the covers of albums as fundamental Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River , and it is no accident that the photo you chose Springsteen for his current “River Tour” around the world, is just a click of Stefanko. The same goes for the cover of his autobiography ‘Born To Run’ for worldwide release on September 27th .  

Living in New Jersey, Frank Stefanko has been making photographs for over fifty years. Self taught as a boy, inspired by film noir movies and the old masters such as Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, and Diane Arbus, he excelled in art and photography both in high school and college.

His work graces the album covers of Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River, Southside Johnny’s Hearts of Stone album cover, and Patti Smith’s The Arista Years 1975/2000 box set cover. Frank’s photographs also appear in Bruce Springsteen’s Live 75/85, Greatest Hits, Tracks and The Essential Bruce Springsteen.

Frank is the author of the book Days of Hope and Dreams / An intimate portrait of Bruce Springsteen, which has recently been released in the second edition. He is also the author of Patti Smith / American Artist which features beautiful images of a young emerging artist, Ms Smith, from 1970 to 1980.

Frank’s work has toured in two museum shows, Bruce Springsteen, Troubadour of the Highway, which, at the time, broke attendance records at The Frederick Weisman Museum in Minneapolis, The Cranbrook Museum near Detroit, The Experience Music project in Seattle, and The Newark Museum in New Jersey. On 2012 the Sound and Vision: Monumental Rock Photography has toured several museums in the US.

Beyond his rock photography, Frank has been assembling a portfolio of landscape photographs that feature places where the footprint of man has not yet touched. In addition, Frank is working on compiling his collection of vintage photographs, mostly from the New York underground of the CBGB’s, Max’s Kansas City era. Shot in the Seventies, these photos feature individuals, locations, and scenes from a unique era that nurtured art, music, and poetry.