Michael Zagaris: Michael Zagaris, known as the Z-man , is not a picture-taker. He doesn t take photos of people: his viewfinder aims to capture from the inside out. A centered soul in a yin-yang universe, he offers the performer s eye view. Zagaris became his subjects: the Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin. He donned the make-up and ran down the tunnel into the perfect blindness of stage lights, feeling the electric jolt of thrill, fear and let s-put-a-show-on with the artists.

As an insider he takes photographs of what was, not what one expected to see. He is team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers since 1973, and for the Oakland A s, Zagaris is sports inside-out shooter. Ankles taped and knee pad-clad, he s the guy so close to the players that they don t even need to pose for him, they just live.