Born in 1946, in Syracuse, New York, Eric Meola graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 with a B.A. in English Literature. A self-taught photographer, this teenage avocation led to his first job as studio assistant for Pete Turner in New York for eighteen months between 1969 and 1970. He opened his own studio in 1971 and began doing editorial photography for various magazines such as Life, Travel & Leisure, Esquire and Time…

In 1975 he photographed the cover for Bruce Springsteen’s album, “Born to Run”, and began shooting major advertising campaigns, as well. Over the past 20 years he has done editorial and corporate photography for major clients and agencies…

In 2004 his first book, “Last Places on Earth”, was published. In 2006, Welcome Books distributed a book of his photographs of Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run: The Unseen Photos, and in 2008 Welcome Books published his latest book INDIA: In Word & Image. He is also a popular speaker in the Canon “Explorers of Light” program of distinguished photographers.

The Works of Eric Meola