Book Covers

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 166561

 
> > colebiancardi:
> > 
> > looking at the Am Edition, I am thinking those shadows(the ones by 
> the
> > ground) are actually tombstones - if they are people, they are only
> > from the shoulders up!
> > 
> snipped...
> 
> Toni Now:
> 
> I initially thought that the shadows in the background were 
> tombstones, but if you look at a blown up version of the cover 
> (there's one linked from hpana.com -- it's in their gallery), or use 
> the magnifying glass on the Scholastic site, you can make out hazy 
> faces on the shadows immediately to Harry's right.  Either that, or 
> I'm seeing things again :-)!

colebiancardi:

I can't see any faces - just shapes, even with the magnifying glass. 
I did notice that Harry's right hand is resting on a tombstone - so,
that is why I figured those other  "shapes" to be tombstones as well.

but Scholastic agrees with you on the shadowy figures:

According to Scholastic's Vice President and Creative Director, David
Saylor (who has designed all the covers):

The front cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows features a
dramatic sky of oranges and golds. It depicts 17-year-old Harry with
arm outstretched, reaching upward. The structures around Harry show
evident destruction and in the shadows behind him, we see outlines of
other people.

For the first time the cover is a wrap-around. On the back cover
spidery hands are outstretched towards Harry. Only when the book is
opened does one see a powerful image of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, his
glowing red eyes peering out from his hood.

http://www.hpana.com/news.19819.html

oh jeez, that book cannot come out quick enough!!

colebiancardi