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Frank Stefanko recalls the shoot in Haddonfield, NJ during the winter of 1978: "...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.” Please note that this beautiful photograph is now right down to the wire for the limited edition 30x40 inch paper size option. We now have just one left in inventory - artists proof 4/4 - the very last one in the 30x40 size. It is framed and ready to deliver, and looks incredible in this large size.
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The original full frame photograph - a cropped version appeared on the actual back cover of the album.
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Back cover - square crop - as it appears on the original album
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The original photograph, printed full frame, showing extra detail not shown on the cropped album cover image.
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As it appears on the original album
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"I love “Hard Land” as it seems to evoke a scene from an old cowboy movie to me." - Frank Stefanko Our good friend Frank Stefanko has been photographing his good friend Bruce Springsteen for forty years. This is an image from his most recent shoot, in 2017. Frank tells us: "Hard Land was made in a photo-shoot I did with Bruce at his farm at Colts Neck, New Jersey. Bruce granted me the session in April of 2017 and I was thrilled to capture my friend in some relaxed scenes with his Western clothes which caused me to think, perhaps, he was already channeling his vision for his new album, Western Stars. The 2017 shoot brought things full circle to round off what has been forty years of working with Bruce."
