Don Busath

Who is Don Busath?

Don Busath is a Latter-day Saints photographer who specialised in portraiture. He has photographed Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B. Hinckley and Thomas S. Monson among many other leaders in the LDS Church. He has also photographed many government officials, although his true speciality is making family photographs.

Busath opened his own studio in 1973 after having worked for 15 years for Hal Rumel Studios. His wife Donna ran the business aspects of the studio while he focused on the artistic side. His main focus over the years was wedding and portrait photography. He also did the photography that is shown on many Mormon Tabernacle Choir CDs.

In the late 1990s Don and Donna served an LDS mission in California. Their son Drake became a photopgrapher and eventually took over the business. He has renamed it Busath studio and Gardens and expanded from the one location in downtown Salt Lake City to a second one in Provo, Utah.

Busath has been a recipient of the Professional Photographers of America National Award. He as well as his son Drake and daughter Deanne have all served as presidents of the Intermountain Professional Photographers Association. Busath has also been an instructor in photography at the Salt Lake Art Center School of Photography.