Who could forget the man behind the song Candle in the Wind, one of the best selling singles of all time at 35 million copies sold worldwide? Definitely, Elton John is a legend in the field of music and it would be hard to compete with such talent. With a voice that captured the world and fingers that drummed the melodies, you would think that Sir Elton John lives for nothing else but music.

However, his 1975 world tour proved otherwise. Right in the middle of 75,000 fans in the Dodge Stadium, Sir Elton John posed for the camera with his baseball bat, a rare occasion that happens once in a lifetime with artists of his degree. Never before will you feel like you’re in a sports arena in between Crocodile Rock and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. This shot was captured by Terry O’Neill as he was the official tour photographer of Sir Elton John’s 1975 world tour.

With over five decades of solid experience in the field of photography, Terry O’Neill was able to capture hundreds of memorable events in the lives of famous people. During his teenage years, Terry already had big ambitions so at 14, he decided to leave school to find what he thinks would be his calling in life – a jazz band. Soon after, Terry attended art school and became interested in photojournalism. While working at the London Heathrow Airport, he took snapshots of famous personalities and in 1959, his first photograph was published, a photo of then current secretary Rab Butler. After a year, Terry received one of the best offers of his life and that was to work for the most prestigious picture paper at that time, the Daily Sketch.

Since then, Terry O’Neill has been taking photographs and uses high quality silver gelatin to ensure vivid images like they were from yesterday.