that photography and painting could be blended
and that realization has determined my style.”
Since converting to digital photography and
post-production edits, Burra has embraced the
benefits that programs like Photoshop have to
offer, “It’s a wonderful opportunity to find a
compromise between painting and photography
in my portraits.”
A lthough Burra works heavily with
Photoshop today, her beginnings in f ilm
photography prevent her from relying solely
on digital editing software to perfect a piece.
Photoshop can easily catalyze a photographer’s
approach if they aren’t careful. An agent of
change in a photographer’s method, Photoshop
can either launch the photographer’s work into
a new realm of possibility, as it did for Burra,
or it can make the photographer negligent in
their shooting technique.
Summoning her artistic roots in painting
and drawing, the digital age allowed Burra to
revolutionize her creative approach and exceeded
to a new level of expression. Translating reality
into dreams and fantasies into tangible artwork,
she has embraced digital photography and post-
production as her default artistic outlet.
“Painting is visually dynamic, but it doesn’t
allow you to capture the moment. Photography
translates my more wild, passionate and restless
visions into a single image,” she says.
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