Tom Burton
 
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Senior Staff Photographer
The Orlando (FL.) Sentinel
 
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347 February 18, 2000 Love
341 January 6, 2000

Baby, Baby Baby

333 Is Photojournalism Dead? Tom Burton My comments today will reflect both my love for photojournalism and my respect for its basic tenets.
327 November 8, 1999 Roller Coaster
319 September 19, 1999 The headline on Tuesday’s newspaper was direct. PREPARE YOURSELF
301 July 15, 1999 Burton Rosevear
280 May 10, 1999 I am a certified platypus. It's time to confess.
262 April 16, 1999 "Thank Mr. Burton"
258 March 30, 1999

A "Typical" Day?

 

238 February 27, 1999 Time
227 February 14, 1999 And by the way; the subject - Zora Neal Hurston - has been dead for almost 40 years.
209 January 29, 1999 Ok, I’ll answer the most-asked questions first:
200 January 9, 1999 Could there be a photo-columnist?
186 December 12, 1998 The Nutcracker
167 October 29, 1998 The launch of Discovery and STS-95
166 October 28, 1998 Huber is one of a handful of photographers who has been setting remotes since the very first shuttle launch in 1981.
156 October 9, 1998 The waiting is the hardest part
147 September 15, 1998 When we edited the film, this last photo kept jumping up at us. It was far less planned than any cover we’ve done - in fact, it was probably the least calculated photo of the entire shoot - but it had that certain "ooomph" we wanted.
139 August 28, 1998 A firefighter returns
128 August 4, 1998 How to be a Model - or Just Look Like One!
124 July 30, 1998 I recently did something I’ve never done before. I went to a press conference without my cameras.
123 July 29, 1998 Some of the newest members of our staff were surprised at the persistence of the British press. They just won’t stop and they want everything. It is quite the clash in cultures when this kind of story goes global.
108 July 6, 1998 For more than a month, it hasn't rained much more than a spit in Central Florida
106 June 30, 1998 Yesterday I was part of the pack, looking for the celebrity of the moment and facing Armageddon.
105 June 27, 1998 At my newspaper, we run photography-based illustrations to illustrate stories that don't lend themselves to documentary styled photojournalism.
94 June 14, 1998 "I'm on vacation..."
81 May 29, 1998 When I decided to shoot a figure drawing class, I knew that I’d be up against some newspaper taboos.
75 May 22, 1998 An open letter to Joe Jaszewski
69 April 30, 1998 The Last Word
61 April 16, 1998 Femme Fatale
55 April 5, 1998 Finding "life" in photojournalism
38 March 15, 1998

Spring Fashion - The Printed Page

March 6 , 1998 Spring Fashion - a final editWhich photo do you think would make the best cover?

February 27, 1998 Spring Fashion - the fifth day As a photographer, I try to

anticipate anything that can go wrong. February 26, 1998 Spring Fashion - the fourth day The shoot went very well and there may be one or two more contenders for the cover

February 25, 1998Spring Fashion - the third day...the most debated, discussed and sometimes over-thought decision is which photo will be on the cover.

February 24, 1998Spring Fashion - the second dayBut during a fashion shoot like today, I shoot Polaroids proofs on everything

February 23, 1998Spring Fashion - the first dayThe phone rang at 6:30 a.m...The obvious question was, "what's going on?"

20 February 19, 1998 While photojournalists seek to document the reality of their world, fashion photographers conspire with beautiful models and clever stylists to create a fantasy.
10 February 1, 1998 Last night, I had a dream
8 January 28, 1998 I’ve found that my best work happens when I surprise myself

 
 
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Candy hearts and overpriced roses are the icons of Valentines Day and one of our editors seemed to need an insulin injection in reaction to all the sweetness. Why, he asked, couldn’t we run a series of photos that would show different aspects of love with outlooking like cliched greeting cards?
So I took the assignment and found seven different photos to run each day of the week leading up to Valentines Day. In researching definitions of love, I found philosophical, theological and simple language definitions of love. Then I had to find photos that would reflect those areas of love.
The first photo we published was the only concept the editors said I had to have: a kid and their dog. I called my veterinarian and asked the receptionist for referrals. A two year old and her dog aren’t the easiest subjects, but I got a cute photo that illustrated the kind of love where you get much more out of the relationship than the thing that is loved.
I went on to photograph a volunteer with Americorps tutoring a farmworker’s child to illustrate charity. I covered a high school district championship soccer game to show fraternity and went with Hospice workers visiting a terminally ill patient to show compassion. A wonderful Sunday morning church service helped me show spiritual love and an artist who specializes in portraits of beautiful women showed passion and Eros.
The final photo ran on Valentines Day and showed Walt and Ernestine at the bowling alley. They’ve been married 58 years this month and show that after the excitement of dating, two people can become soul mates if they know how to give and take. They were one my next-door neighbors and I knew they’d be a perfect pair for the subject. After all, their last name is Love.


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