M I K E B L ACK WAS BORN IN ALTRINCHAM, MANCHESTER, IN 1969.

HIS FIRST CAMERA WAS A CANON 200ZR, GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS

FATHER, WHO WAS A PROFFESSIONAL AWARD WINNING PHOTOG-
RAPHER, IN 1971 WHEN MIKE WAS 12. IN 1978, HE PUT DOWN HIS
PAINT SET AND WIPED THE DUST OFF THE OLD CANON, AND
STARTED SNAPPING AFTER SEEING A SERIES OF MICK JAGGER
SHOTS BY TRAVIS PERLAT, PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.
MIKE ATTENDED THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN AND
GRADUATED WITH FIRST CLASS HONOURS IN 1982.
SINCE THEN, MIKE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY AND SUPPLIED WORK
FOR SUCH PRESTIGOUS BRAND AS IQ MAGAZINE, THE GAURDIAN,
NIKE, SAATCHI AND SAATCHI, PINEAPPLE DANCE STUDIOS, AND
HAS WORK ON DISPLAY IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

“ THE CAMERA IS A TOOL THAT CAPTURES THE ART CREATED IN

EVERY MOMENT OF EVERYDAY. I USE IT TO CAPTURE WHAT I SEE,
IN THE WAY I SEE IT...HOW I EMPATHISE WITH A MOMENT AND THE
AURA OF THE GIVEN TIME. MY CAMERA HAS TO COME WITH ME
WHERE EVER I GO, OTHERWISE THAT MOMENT AND EVERYTHING IT
CREATED, EVEN IF THAT WAS IN A SPLIT MILLISECOND, IS LOST, AND
THAT ART NEVER MATERIALIZES.”

M I K E
BL ACK

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