I BEGAN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS AROUND AGE 14 AND DEVELOPED A UNIQUE VIEW OF MY SURROUNDINGS. DURING MY EARLIER YEARS, I GREW UP IN THE VAST OPEN SPACES OF RURAL OHIO AND ALWAYS WONDERED HOW I COULD CAPTURE MY VIEW OF NATURE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED AND DEVELOPED AN APPRECIATION FOR THE NATURAL BEAUTY SURROUNDING ME. I STARTED USING MY SISTER’S POLAROID CAMERA AND EXPERIMENTING, SHOT AFTER SHOT. NEARLY 20 YEARS LATER, I STARTED JON DALLAS PHOTOGRAPHY IN EARLY 2004 WITH A MISSION TO ESTABLISH A NICHE IN NATURE AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY BY PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHIC ART TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH ART SHOWS AND MY ONLINE STORE. I AM A SELF-TAUGHT PHOTOGRAPHER AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MY PROCESS AND CREATIVITY. MY MOTTO IS TO PROVIDE EVERYONE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF “Experiencing the world, one image at a time.”

I’M ORIGINALLY FROM TOLEDO, OHIO AND NOW RESIDE IN CHICAGO WHERE I CONTINUE TO PHOTOGRAPH. AS AN EXTENSION OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY, I STARTED ETHNIC PHOTOGRAPHER (ep) MAGAZINE, AN ONLINE PUBLICATION. MY MOTIVATION IN CREATING EP IS TO DEVELOP A PHOTOGRAPHY FRAMEWORK FOR ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN AND CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THEIR CRAFT. ep IS DEDICATED TO FEATURING ETHNIC AND CULTURAL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THEIR BODIES OF WORK AND COMBINES A HISTORICAL OUTLOOK OF NOTED PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH ARTISTIC FLAIR THAT CONNECTS THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT WHILE PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO NEW CREATIVE TECHNIQUES, PROCESS, GALLERY PRESENTATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

I EARNED AN MBA IN FEBRUARY 2007 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX AND AM A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. SOME OF MY PREVIOUS HONORS INCLUDE A 2004 APPEARANCE IN THE GILBERT ART SHOW (GILBERT, ARIZONA) AND BEING AWARDED A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT FROM THE ARIZONA COMMISSION OF THE ARTS IN 2005.