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Andy Warhol once said, “Everybody will be famous for 15 minutes.” This quote drove 21-year-old Amanda Osborn, education major with a minor in photography, to become the photography lover she is today.For the last 14 years, Osborn has not been able to put down her camera. “The first camera I ever received was a Minnie Mouse camera at the age of eight. I loved it and took it everywhere with me,” Osborn exclaimed with a bit of laughter.

“I started taking pictures when I was a sophomore in high school with my manual Nikon FM3a. I now use a Cannon, 20D” said Osborn.

Osborn continued with her passion for photography through high school then went on to be a student at the Brooks Institute of Photography. There, Osborn realized that there was no demand for photographers with degrees.

“The reason why I am not majoring in photography is because as I pursued more work in the photography world, I began to realize that most people don’t care if you have a BA in photography,” she said.

“All they care about is the talent and heart that you have towards photography. This is why I decided to leave Brooks to come to PCC to become a teacher. [I’m] able to continue my passion of photography on the side.”

With her goals in place, Osborn has maintained a steady career in the photography world and has a display of a variety of her work on the walls of Que Linda Boutique in La Crescenta.

“Osborn has always been very passionate about photography, and has always put her entire heart into it,” said Suzie Barnes, a past client and current model for Osborn.

“She is always open to learning more about it, and is very talented. She has an eye for taking beautiful pictures,” she said.

While most photographers dream of shooting for high-profile fashion magazines, Osborn dreams of making a living shooting extreme sports.

“My biggest wish is to get hired for an extreme sports magazine to shoot snowboarders, skateboarders and surfers because that’s what I love shooting the most,” she said.

Osborn has a unique style that is capable of capturing moments in ways that most have never seen before, said Barnes.

“I think it’s too early to say that she has fully developed as a photographer to the degree that would give me a definitive style to compare and contrast her with others,” said Ron Osborn, producer and writer of such shows as The West Wing, and Duckman.

“But what I find most compelling about her best photographs of people is that whenever she photographs the disenfranchised or the overlooked – the homeless, a shoe shiner, a child in Mexico – she tends to uncover the humanity underneath,” he said.

Osborn loves to be behind the camera but doesn’t see the world of photography as most people do. “What drives me is capturing that one perfect image that can express more than a thousand words with one simple shot,” she said.

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