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August 22, 2012 / Events

Bruce Springsteen from the air

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Aug. 11, 1985: “Remember to wave at me.” That’s what Bill Wade, a former Press photographer who now works for the Post-Gazette, said to fellow Press photographer Marlene Karas regarding his aerial shot from a helicopter above the stadium.

The photograph was high enough to capture all of the fans who packed tightly into the stadium, but close enough to capture the details of the mega-musical event.

“We were pretty low to get that down in there,” he said recently.

 “At the time I probably wished I was inside.”

(Photo by Bill Wade, Pittsburgh Press)

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Elizabeth Bloom

Liz writes about classical music, Pittsburgh's Cultural District and whatever crosses her path at the Post-Gazette.

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