In 1950 Don Busath purchased his first camera from his Uncle Monroe Busath, and it wasn’t long before the art of photography became a lifelong pursuit for Don. His early employment was with Marv Boyer at Boyart Studio and Hal Rumel, who taught him the intricacies of large-format cameras and of illustrative, scenic, and architectural photography for fifteen years.
In 1973 Don launched Busath Photography and has been taking award-winning photographs for more than four decades. The recipient of numerous awards, Don is a past president of Intermountain Professional Photographers’ Association. His work has been exhibited in the Photographic Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame at EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida, and in the Maurice Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He is one of only six people worldwide who hold fellowships in both the American Society of Photographers and the British Institute of Photography.
Don Busath cites the flowing as major influences on his photography: Joseph Zeltsman, portraiture; Albert Gilbert, location lighting; Sherman Hines, seeing light and publishing; and Henri Cartier Bresson, spontaneous gesture.
The camera has been the vehicle and form of language that has brought Don and Donna Busath and family into contact with many unique and delightful people and places around the world, resulting in the many marvelous images they now share with us.
