Andrew Burton is a freelance photojournalist and multimedia producer based in New York. Regular clients include Getty Images, Reuters, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He has a degree in journalism with a focus in photography from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Most recently, he has covered the 2012 presidential campaign, the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York, South Sudan’s independence, the Egyptian revolution, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and the 2008  Beijing Summer Olympics.

Burton’s work has been published in and distributed through Getty Images, the Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, TIME, Newsweek, USA Today, CNN, MSNBC, Dateline, The Today Show and The Oregonian, amongst others.

Prior to becoming a fulltime freelancer Burton interned at Getty Images, The Oregonian, Bloomberg News and The (Syracuse) Post-Standard. He was also an assistant to Vincent Laforet and completed a fellowship with the Carnegie and Knight Foundation. His work has been honored with multiple awards from the Hearst Foundation, Society of Professional Journalists, College Photographer of the Year and the Oregon Newspaper Publisher’s Association. He was a student at Eddie Adams XXII and has also been selected for private workshops at VII Photo Agency and Columbia Journalism School. Beyond his education and work experience, he has lived in New York City, Sydney, London and Portland, OR. He also studied international politics and economics; Burton is most interested in political and social movements around the globe.

Twitter: @HABurton
Phone: +1.541.521.9531
Email: Andrew@AndrewBurtonPhoto.com
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/AndrewBurton