Born to Run

A self-taught photographer, Eric Meola opened his own studio in 1971; by 1975, he photographed the cover for Bruce Springsteen's album Born to Run and began shooting major advertising campaigns as well. For more than twenty years he has done editorial and corporate photography for major clients and agencies. In 1983, he joined The Image Bank stock photo agency. Meola's photographs are included in the archive of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the International Center of Photography in New York, the George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art in Munich. Daniel Wolff is a poet and author of the award-winning You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke and The Memphis Blues Again, and a Grammy nominee. His work has appeared in Vogue, The Nation, Doubletake, and his poetry in the Paris Review, the Partisan Review and the Threepenny Review. Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize the search for grandeur in the everyday struggles of life.