Biography
Mike Osborne was born on the Isle of Wight in 1982. He has always had
an interest in art and after borrowing his fathers SLR camera in 1997,
taught himself and fell in love with photography. Starting out photographing
Mountain biking and Landscapes, Mike started to take photography more
seriously after winning a national mountain bike magazine photo competition
in 2004, and his photography soon started to appear in various local
and national publications. More recently Mike has undertaken commissions
from local businesses and projects ranging from fashion photography
to local history. In 2008 Mike decided to return to education, and is
currently studying a Commercial Photography FdA Degree course at the
Arts University College, Bournemouth. Mike can often be seen walking
about the Island in the depths of winter still wearing shorts.
Statement
"For me the Isle of Wight is were I call home. Not just the village
I live in or the town where I was born, but the Island. When I have
been away, once I get to the Island I am home. Growing up on the Island
I spent most of my childhood outside with friends exploring, sailing
and riding my bike. This not only ignited my love for photography, but
also spurred an interest in local history and geography. I still get
a buzz from finding places on the Island that are still so hidden and
remote, only a handful of people know about them or have visited. Like
most people who feel a closeness to where they were born and grew up,
the Island to me is special. Not only has it given me friends who I'm
still very close to, I believe it shaped me as a person and is a part
of who I am."