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About
Chris Burdett
 I
like taking pictures in small towns: doors and windows, brick
and wood, the sweep of a road and the rise of a building, the
bustle of a shopping center and the leisure of a park. The pictures
on this site represent some of the interesting and beautiful things
I've seen and photographed in various Georgia towns, including
Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Milledgeville, and Douglas.
I'm
an avid amateur photographer and an enthusiastic traveler, preferably
down the back roads and through the small towns of America, with
frequent stops at anyplace that looks interesting. In this Web
site I combine my interests by paying tribute to America's small
towns.
I
am a self-taught photographer, and find inspiration in the work
of Paul Strand, David Plowden, Eugene Atget, and Walker Evans. I am also very
interested in travel literature and tourism and roadside history,
and admire the work of John Margolies and Chester H. Liebs's great
book Main Street to Miracle Mile: American Roadside Architecture.
I'm
a Georgia native, and have lived in Gwinnett County for most of
the last thirty years, ever since my family moved to Lilburn when
I was five; currently I live in Lawrenceville. I have a B.A. in
English from Georgia State University and will soon finish my
M.A. in Professional Writing at Kennesaw State University. For
the last twelve years I've made my living writing and editing
computer training material, but I also write fiction (I've published
fifteen short stories in various places), take photographs, and
go on as many road trips as I can. I am married, and my wife Anna
and I have six cats.
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