The North Sea oil worker who went from drilling wells to snapping global music stars including Ozzy Osbourne, Lily Allen and Michael Jackson

Mick Hutson, 48, was born in Newcastle and grew up in Aberdeen

Followed in his father's footsteps into the gas and oil industry

From drilling offshore to snapping Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones

A former North Sea oil worker told who went from drilling wells to snapping some of music's biggest stars including Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Kanye West and Lily Allen.

Mick Hutson, 48, has gone from slaving away offshore to photographing musical idols from every corner of the globe including the likes of Michael Jackson, Sir Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones.

Newcastle-born Hutson, moved to Aberdeen when his father got a job in the oil and gas industry. Hutson followed his father's footsteps but his love of live music was always in the background and he routinely went to rock venues for a brisk 8am pint after coming onshore. Leaving the rigs to follow his passion, he studied for a Masters degree in photography, taking photos of his friends' bands as a hobby whenever he could. Now 25 years later he is as hardworking as ever capturing some of the worlds most famous and enduring images, favourite subjects include such diverse characters as Marylin Manson and Christopher Lee and of course the late great Ryk Mayall.

His Client list reads like a who's who of the music and entertainment industry and his published work has been seen in virtually every newspaper and magazine in the world.

The "25 years" exhibition of some of his iconic images over the last 25 years is still touring having recently exhibited over 75 A1 sized images around the entire level 1 of the Royal Albert Hall in London

Recently Mick has been working on his second exhibition and a complete departure from the music industry entitled "Restless" .. a travel reportage exhibition recording images from some of the worlds most exotic to inhospitable destinations From the Sahara desert to the Congo and from India to South America