The Book :
The book corresponds the title of the homonymous
DVD - but that's the only commonality
you can find here. The producers
chose the same title because the
book follows the same aim as the
DVD: |
Elvis - Behind The Image
The aim is to show a side of
Elvis that fans have never seen
before. |
| The life of the artist who can show
himself in private moments without
being surrounded by press photographers.
Time and place are not prescribed
here: At home in Graceland, in
his California houses, in the
car or in the cinema. |
| Elvis - Behind
The Image - the book offers the
fan more than 400 photos on over
120 pages, whereas most shots
are color. A special treat are
the private journal entries of
Sandi Miller together with her
personal photos of Elvis and the
interior views of many Elvis-houses
in California. Actually Sand Miller
was a Elvis fan but she became,
like in every fan's dream, a good
friend of Elvis. So she was a
guest on many private parties,
quite a few times at Elvis' home,
on the set of Elvis' films and
also at RCA Studios. She made
at that time precise, private
notes in a kind of diary about
the many meetings with Elvis and
has therefore numerous memories
to offer, she has saved in her
notes over the years. |
Sandi Miller's
diaries |
Sandi kept a private journal of her
numerous encounters with Elvis,
and as a result has MANY volumes
of her memories, so every detail
is as fresh as the day it happened.
This adds much more depth than
the typical Elvis photo book,
and compliments the photos very
nicely.
Maybe you know some of the pictures,
but the majority has never been
published before. In that and
in through the unique reports
melting with the photos to a wonderful
ensemble, is the especialness
distinguishing this book from
many others which publish often
wrong dates or play back an event
wrong. |
Photos
taken from the book 'Elvis:
Behind The Image' |
The California-Homes: Perugia Way,
Hillcrest, Monovale, Ladera
Circle |
| 'Graceland' and 'Las Vegas' are recurrent
words you bring in connection
with Elvis directly but actually
the star spend many years in the
houses in Beverly Hills or Palm
Springs. Ultimately this part
of Elvis' life is dealt with
detailed and a long existing black
hole is erased. Although the main
focus of the book is on Elvis,
there are unique candids and moments
showing Priscilla or both together. Please
also read the section 'In the
mirror of the press' how the
world press nearly overturns
with its reports and experience
there in the reviews more details.
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The Realization:
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For
the producers to follow their
aspect of price/preformance ratio
at several points they decided
for the only reasonable solution:
setting on quality. Including
first a hard cover format. That
doesn't only give you the 'right
feeling' of really having a real
book in your hands, but also protects
the pages inside of eventual kinks.
Another aspect is the bookbinding
itself. To realize what constitutes
bookbinding specific expert knowledge
is necessary. Because you have
to distinguish between the industrial
binding and the more premium hand
binding. Again the producers set
a standard here and decided for
the hand binding like it is used
for world famous publications
like the 'World Book Encyclopedia'
or the 'Encyclopedia Brittanica'
and for good reasons: the advantage
of this procedure is that you
can open the book flat. |
| With the industrial binding the book
would still have a bow because
of the production process which
remains after a few times of reading
and would make the book quickly
look well-thumbed. |
To get the best possible printing
effect the producers chose a high
quality paper, rendering the colors
very well and keeping the sharpness
of the photos.
For Elvis production it is uncommon
to rework the photos but Praytome
Publishing considered the time
being worth to spend on erasing
scratches and restoring faded
colors during this 'cleaning'
process. The layout and design
created by Bud Glass is kept in
the style of the 60's and color-coordinated
to the photos. Every page is joy
looking at, reading and exploring.
The reasonable compiled photos
make a film run in your mind together
with the text and that's what
makes the book so unique. |
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