About
Bio:
Mike Shepherd was born in 1964 and educated in London. In 1989, he moved to Lancaster to attend university and studied Religion, Philosophy, and Art, graduating with first class honours in 1992
After graduating, he studied photography at Kendal College of Art and Design, where he also taught for several years. In 2004 he joined Trek USA to work in the cycle industry for around 10 years, leaving to join Lancaster University to work in Continuing Education, again teaching photography and developing the OCNW undergraduate program. He started to sell prints in Cumbria which led to the birth of Photosynthesis Fine Art Photography and Printing
Mike has published work globally and in the UK. He has worked as a professional landscape photographer for 15 years, and now works to supply The John Lewis Partnership and a growing number of professional artists with prints
Personal:
My love of landscape photography was ignited by Ansel Adams – the black and white medium seemed to be the way forward for me, as I could develop my own prints in my own way which was much harder to do with colour film
Photographing in mountains and in the landscape was my dream, and over time my work developed from being descriptive (documentary) in style into more abstract, symbolic compositions, and this is where I am today
Along this path, I studied religion at Lancaster University and became very interested in religious and native art, as well as symbolism and mythology. Influences from my studies have been somehow organically absorbed into my work, making the aesthetic simpler and perhaps impressionistic
Mike Shepherd was born in 1964 and educated in London. In 1989, he moved to Lancaster to attend university and studied Religion, Philosophy, and Art, graduating with first class honours in 1992
After graduating, he studied photography at Kendal College of Art and Design, where he also taught for several years. In 2004 he joined Trek USA to work in the cycle industry for around 10 years, leaving to join Lancaster University to work in Continuing Education, again teaching photography and developing the OCNW undergraduate program. He started to sell prints in Cumbria which led to the birth of Photosynthesis Fine Art Photography and Printing
Mike has published work globally and in the UK. He has worked as a professional landscape photographer for 15 years, and now works to supply The John Lewis Partnership and a growing number of professional artists with prints
Personal:
My love of landscape photography was ignited by Ansel Adams – the black and white medium seemed to be the way forward for me, as I could develop my own prints in my own way which was much harder to do with colour film
Photographing in mountains and in the landscape was my dream, and over time my work developed from being descriptive (documentary) in style into more abstract, symbolic compositions, and this is where I am today
Along this path, I studied religion at Lancaster University and became very interested in religious and native art, as well as symbolism and mythology. Influences from my studies have been somehow organically absorbed into my work, making the aesthetic simpler and perhaps impressionistic
