Ernie Button | The Betsy Hotel

Emie Button

Ernie Button is a photographer based out of Phoenix, Arizona. His photography is best known for the portfolios Cerealism (landscapes and portraits created from breakfast cereal) and Vanishing Spirits: The Dried Remains of Scotch Whisky. His photography was featured in a collaboration with The Macallan in their Masters of Photography series in 2015. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in China, Scotland, the Czech Republic and Lithuania. Photo-Eye Gallery, based in Santa Fe, NM, has published Vanishing Spirits: The Macallan Collection through Photo-eye Editions. Ernie’s whisky photography work was featured in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic and his work has been published widely in publications like The New YorkTimes, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Magazine, American Photo, Popular Photography, Esquire, Wired Smithsonian and the Huffington Post among others. Scientific research explaining the Vanishing Spirits phenomenon was published in the Physics Journal Physical Review Letters in March 2016. There is a book of his Whisky images that was released through Chronicle Books in May 2022 called The Art of Whisky. His unique photography was featured on the CBS Sunday Morning program in January 2024. These images are part of the portfolio Vanishing Spirits: The Dried Remains of Single Malt Scotch. Each of the images were created with the dried remains of Single Malt Scotch. Once a person has enjoyed the last drop of whisky in the glass, there is still enough residue remaining to create these wonderful patterns in the bottom of a glass.

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