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Jerry's Story

Picture of Jerry Voss in front of waterfall.Self-Employment Success Story

Jerry: Self-employed in the Photography industry

Jerry is a Montana native that has lived his entire life in what he considers heaven. As with most boys growing up in Montana, he took to the outdoor life hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and generally exploring the great state of Montana. At the tender age of eight he started packing a brownie camera that his grandmother had given him. Ever since then he had a camera with him no matter where he went. Ultimately in his late twenties he decided to give up big game hunting and devote all of his spare time to serious wildlife and nature photography.

Jerry kept his work to himself, family and friends until one day he quit his job to take a shot at being a professional photographer. He has had gallery showings in his hometown of Missoula, a Mecca of sorts for many diversified talented artists.

Statement From Jerry

There is a notion that outdoor and nature photograpghers are considered artists, this may be true up to a point. I consider nature or our creator as the all time greatest, and the photographer as the means to capturing this wondrous artistry of our natural world.

It's my hope that works of nature and wildlife photographers will be not only appreciated for their beautiful portraying of nature's gifts, but also a wake up call to the accelerated extinction of these irreplaceable miracles.

- Jerry Voss

Jerry's Website: http://www.yessy.com/imagemontana

Some of Jerry's Photos

Photo of Butterfly taken by Jerry Voss.       Picture of flower taken by Jerry Voss.

Photo of flowers taken by Jerry Voss.

How to contact this small business owner:

Jerry Voss
Contact through Sales Rep: Donna Marie Stiers
Two Bears Fine Arts
1837 S. 13th St. West
Missoula, MT 59801
(406) 721-3973
jvossphoto@juno.com





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