It's just a leaf on the ground along the Sol Duc trail in the Olympic National Park, right? But to Dick Busher, it's a perfect subject. We're talking October, 1977. He sets up his 4 x 5 Sinar Norma camera and clicks the shutter.
Back in Seattle, decades later, Busher scans the negative into a digital file and orchestrates the balance of colors (tone, hue and density). Only then does he makes a proof, using a highly calibrated Epson 9800 color printer fed by a 44-inch-wide roll of cotton-based, archival, silver rag paper. The process uses eight inks and takes over two hours for each print. The final product, framed, sells for $3,500.
For years, Busher concentrated on producing photographic prints, though his Cosgrove Editions, for the Korean-born landscape photographer Johsel Namkung who died last year. The current show, which runs through September, represents the first time in many years that Busher has exhibited his own work. Highly recommended.
Dick Busher photographs at Sand Point Grill, 5412 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
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