Martin Usborne (b. 1973 in London)is a photographer based in London. From a young age, Usborne experienced a deep emotional affinity with animals of all kind, a fact that is evident in his surprisingly affective portraits of dogs. Usborne studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Edinburgh University. He has had solo exhibitions at the Hackney Museum in London and numerous other galleries in England. In 2009, he was the recipient of the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize. Books of his photography have been published by Kehrer (The Silence of Dogs in Cars, 2012), Nazraeli Press, HoxtonMiniPress, and Anova Books.