Michael Burnside

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Mike Burnside is a native of Northeast Pennsylvania and a graduate of Wyoming Seminary and Kings College (Business Administration) in Wilkes-Barre. He received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. He has worked at Fowler, Dick & Walker in Wilkes-Barre, John Wanamaker in Philadelphia, Commonwealth Telephone, WVIA Public Broadcasting, Etruscan Press, and the Cultural Council of Luzerne County. Mike is currently a photographer. Through his photography, he attempts to find the images that people may often see at a glance but never truly notice. His photography tends to be abstract work grounded in nature. He is a Director of the Cultural Council of Luzerne County, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Riverfront Parks Commission and several other organizations and lives at Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania. http://burnsidephotographic.com/wordpress/