But Springsteen's marathon work on Born to Run caused him to cancel out on Meola so many times that the lensman very nearly bagged the project. Meola, who got to know Springsteen, Clemons and Springsteen's manager at the time, Mike Appel, back around 1973, got the call from Appel to shoot some pictures. The session very nearly didn't happen at all. "Other things happened," says Meola, "but when we saw the contact sheets, that one just sort of popped. Photographer Eric Meola caught the moment at his New York studio during a day of sessions in which he tried all kinds of things: outside shots of Springsteen in the shadows of a fire escape, inside shots of him listening to a radio and playing around with the guitar. He shot of Bruce Springsteen leaning into Clarence Clemons on the cover of Born to Run - one with a guitar, the other, seen fully on the back cover, blowing his saxophone - is one of rock's archetypal poses. Seventies' Greatest Album Covers: Born to Run
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