Michael Busselle (4 November 1935 – 13 July 2006) was an English photographer and writer whose photographs and writing were featured in more than 50 books. His first book, ''Master Photography'', has sold over a million copies worldwide.

Career

Born in Sevenoaks, Kent, Busselle showed an early aptitude for portrait photography. Although he initially worked with the

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, in 1957 he quit his post to become a full-time photographer. The first few years of his career in photography consisted mainly of assistant positions with various London photography studios. Busselle eventually opened his own studio in

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in the early 1960s. Although successful with portrait and advertising assignments, by the 1980s he began to focus almost exclusively on travel and leisure photography, earning him several award-nominated compilations including ''The Wine Lover's Guide to France'', runner-up for Wine Magazine's Book of the Year award, ''Landscape in Spain'', runner-up in the Spanish Ministry of Tourism sponsored Otiz Ochague photography competition, and ''French Vineyards'', an André Simon Book of the Year nominee. Busselle was a fellow of the

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and a regular contributor to several magazines such as

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, Connoisseur and

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. He also lectured and ran photography workshops.

Personal life

Busselle pursued international travel whenever possible. He was married and had one child, a son.

Selected bibliography

*''Master Photography : Take and Make Perfect Pictures'' (1978) *''Complete Guide to Photographing People'' (1983) *''The Encyclopedia of Photography'' (1983) *''The Wine Lover's Guide to France'' (1986) *''Landscape in Spain'' (1988) *''The Complete 35mm Sourcebook'' (1992) *''Creative Digital Photography'' (2002) *''Photographing Landscapes and Gardens'' (2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Busselle, Michael 1935 births 2006 deaths Photographers from Kent English travel writers People from Sevenoaks Photography in Spain Writers on photographic techniques 20th-century British photographers 21st-century British photographers