German born photographer Dietmar Busse is super inspired by people with intense personal style & beauty which his arresting photographs clearly show. Although his work has appeared over the years in such fashion rags as Bazaar, Visionaire & Paper, it's his current project, Artists, Starlets, Dogs & Homosexuals that truly resonates. Eschewing the current vogue of digital for his true love, medium format film, Busse serves up a variety of images, sometimes multiply exposed, of such characters like Isabel Toledo, Ralph Rucci, Michael Musto & Lynne Yaeger to dazzling effect. In a time when so many photoshop their work to death, Busse submerges himself into the dark room, painstakingly peeling away the layers until he arrives at his beautiful results. http://www.dietmarbusse.com
By Walt Cessna
