THE
ONE CAMERA • THE SINGLE VISION • THE
ARTIST
" I am interested in presenting reality more accurately than I can actually
see it. On one level, my work is about a certain density. There is more to see
than we can actually see."
Busch's large format black and white photographs, ranging from 8"x10" to
40"x60" (shot with the world’s largest portable camera,
designed and built by the artist himself), present images of great beauty
and irony,
great subtlety and elegance. In Busch's photographs, "actuality is not
abbreviated but opened into the world, not
merely
documented but discovered," states
Dr. Donald Bartlett Doe, Director of the Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS.
Busch's vision and personal sensibilities enable him to capture the monumental
in the
ordinary, to inform the details of everyday life with sensitivity and clarity.
Robert J. Evans, Director of the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA,
notes, "Busch's
combination of technical perfection and personal poetic sensitivity is truly
overwhelming. His intense, aesthetic vision combines with his outstanding
craftsmanship to produce strong works, simple and direct, yet redolent of
the great artistic
tradition that preceded him. There is a deeper mood and a quality of light
washing through the cityscapes distinct in feeling from what we can see in
most American imagery. Busch's sensibility shines through always, creating
harmonies that delight the eye."
Busch's technical ability is widely acknowledged and respected. His work
has been published in virtually every international photographic magazine.
Jannes
Art
Publishing
of Chicago, IL writes, "Mr. Busch will become, within
the next few years, one of the world's outstanding and most noteworthy black
and
white photographers. The technical caliber of his work is superb, his vision
exciting and strong." Numerous publications have cited Busch's technical
expertise in inventing and building photographic equipment
for large format photography.
Al Weber comments, "Busch's genius is his ability to combine his artistic
talent with an uncanny technical expertise in a way which has placed him
in a unique position within the international photographic field. By those
who
are familiar with his work, he is considered one of the most talented and
accomplished large format black and white photographers anywhere."