Drew Burdick ’03 is using his photography to “help bridge the relationship between people and place.”  Utilizing the subtlety of his photojournalistic style, Drew’s photos have been praised for their reality, energy, vibrancy, fecundity and unique style.  A more inclusive collection of his work can be viewed at his self-designed Web site: www.andrewburdickphotography.com.

During July of 2006 Burdick’s photographs were featured during the Sherrill Summer Art Series in Sherrill, NY for a very successful month-long exhibition. His work will be on exhibition at the Westcott Art Center in Syracuse, N.Y., during January 2007. 

Burdick was an English major at St. Lawrence, and a member of the Outing Club and the honorary society Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK). Following graduation, he lived in Europe and North Africa for about six months.  During this time he traveled and worked on a remote organic farm in the mountains of Southern Spain.  When he returned to the United States he worked for a year and a half as the land steward at the Center for Whole Communities, an organic farm and education center in Vermont. 

He then joined his friends in the blues and roots band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Matt Burr ’99, Grace Potter, Kristen Monsell ’04) as tour manager and photographer, logging more than 35,000 road miles and driving coast-to-coast four times.  While on tour, the band performed with such musical acts as blues legend Taj Mahal, the Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio (Phish), the North Mississippi All-Stars and Robert Cray. 

Burdick’s photographs have been used for album graphics, posters, Web designs and office and home decoration, and have appeared in literary magazines and newspapers across the country.  Burdick has recently published a book of photography, There and Back Again: Across the Country with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.  He also co-directed a Vermont Public Television live video recording of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals that has subsequently been released on DVD. 

Burdick lives in Portland, OR, where he is working as a freelance photographer for weddings, local businesses and literary publications.  He is also working toward a master’s degree that will combine ecological evolution, environmental science and photography.