It seems the art of live concert photography might have gotten a little lost along the way with the advent of digital technology in cameras and, of course, camera phones. The concert-going experience is now marred with kids holding up cell phones instead of lighters, snapping pics which are immediately texted or emailed to friends. Thankfully, Greg Watermann wants to bring the art back to live music photography. He is striving to be the “next, great live rock ’n’ roll photographer.”
Aside from chronicling the daily tour lives of Mudvayne, Linkin Park, and System of a Down, Watermann has shot many cultural icons including Marilyn Manson, Nirvana, and Julia Roberts.
    It has to be the next best thing to being in a band. Watermann shares the stage with bands in front of tens of thousands of fans, capturing moments that could go down in history, such as his now-classic shot of System of a Down arm-in-arm in front of the crowd at their last show, before the band plunged into a hiatus. Years from now we may look upon his work the way we look at Jim Marshall’s classic pics of Johnny Cash flipping the bird and Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire.
    Watermann cut his teeth in the world of fashion photography, initially studying with famed p