For years, Anne Burnham has photographed landscapes as models for the motifs she uses on her pottery. When printing some photographs of two friends doing construction, she became attracted to the humor of the resulting portraits. Thus began life with portraits, a quest in which subject and photographer strive to reveal some of the chemistry present in the split second of the photographic moment. Anne prefers the simplicity of black and white photography.

Anne has been a studio potter in northern New York since l974. She has worked primarily in highfire stoneware and porcelain clays. Her 36 cu. ft. downdraft kiln is fired to 2300 degrees F. She both throws and handforms her pieces.