Born to run book cover photo
Born to run book cover photo
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Greatest album photography: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
The photographer: Eric Meola
Born in the USA in , Eric Meola began his career in as studio assistant, before setting up his studio in His image ‘Coca Kid’, shot in in Haiti, was in LIFE’s ‘ Magnificent Images’.
His prints are held in private and museum collections, including the US National Portrait Gallery. His first book was published in and his latest book, Fierce Beauty, features his images of storms.
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The cover of Bruce Springsteen’s album Born To Run came about due to a postcard. In photographer Eric Meola had seen Springsteen perform at a club in Manhattan and reveals, ‘I had an immediate visceral reaction to his music.
In early I mailed him a postcard with my phone number, asking if we could get together to shoot. Imagine my surprise when he called!’ Meola did his first shoot with Springsteen in Long Branch, New Jersey, and built up a relationship with the musician and his then ma