Boyd, who creates his art initially with his camera, eschews calling them photographs. He specializes in LDS temples but also produces many of the store's prints that are for sale.

"Rather than just photograph a subject, Boyd interprets it," Johnson said.

So far, Boyd has some 200 images of temples but hasn't yet photographed all of them.

"How do you keep up with President (Gordon B.) Hinckley?" Johnson quipped about the temple-building LDS Church president.

"A temple is where high culture and the arts merge with religious truth and principle," Brickey said.

LDS culture has gotten past the pioneer survival mode and is progressing toward a higher standard in the arts, he said.

He sees truth and beauty as a basic standard. The goal of Olivewood is to take it a step further toward refining both creativeness and scholarship, Brickey said.

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