Background
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Clyde Butcher led a nomadic childhood with his parents until eventually settling in Southern California at the age of 18. He attended California Polytechnic University in 1960 with a major in architecture. While visiting Yosemite National Park in 1963, he was exposed to the work of Ansel Adams'. During Butcher's senior year of college he married his wife, Niki.
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