Cindy Pitou Burton

Cindy Pitou Burton began her career as a photojournalist for the New York Times, soon expanding her contacts to CBS, NBC and PBS and magazines like Discover, Country America, and Ladies Home Journal. She honed her skills at The International Center for Photography and the School of Visual Arts in NYC.

In Ojai, she began expanding her artistic techniques with study at Brooks Institute and Otis College. Polaroid transfers on watercolor paper and archival sepia prints of the western landscape led to other experiments. Digital cameras changed her way of working and Photoshop soon became her new darkroom. Pitou Burton’s intimate, close-up photos of flowers, sensuous and full of feeling, are often photographed on a light box, creating an x-ray effect. Travel in Asia and India has recently brought vibrant color into her work.

Pitou Burton has exhibited her work in galleries in NYC and Los Angeles and is represented by Getty Images. Her work is in the collection at the Ojai Valley Inn and she recently won a grant to provide photographic art for the Ojai Valley Hospital’s Emergency room. She is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and the Ojai Studio Artists.