Don Busath, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDon Busath
American photographer
Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1931
Date of Death: 08-Feb-2017
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Don Busath
- Don Busath (February 4, 1931- February 8, 2017) was an American photographer who specialized in portraiture.
- He photographed Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B.
- Hinckley and Thomas S.
- Monson among many other leaders in the Latter-day Saints Church.
- He also photographed many government officials, although his true speciality was making family photographs. Don Busath was born on 4 February 1931.
- He 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, the Busaths served an LDS mission in California.
- Their son, Drake, became a photographer and eventually took over the business.
- He 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 was 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.Busath produced at least two books Temple Square: In the Light of the Seasons and Temples: A Photographic Journey of Temples, Lands and Peoples.
- The latter was co-authored with Matthew Heiss.
- Busath also created Ibn Tulun Mosque: Gayer Anderson Museum Book #5 with Amal Ahmad El Emary. Busath died on 8 February 2017.
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