Jerome Shaw - Photographer/Travel Writer

Jerome’s interest in photography came to him early in life when at 12 his brother brought home a 35 mm camera from college. His interest blossomed into his first commercial assignment a few years later when a local Appaloosa breeder hired him to catalog his herd.

Interest became avocation during his study of Art at the University of Nebraska and it finally surfaced as his vocation after moving to Aspen, Colorado in 1977. Jerome moved into commercial photography when he began to photograph skiing and other adventure sports for local companies and eventually for national and international clients such as Rossignol, Fila Sport, Raven Industries, and The North Face.

Jerome’s love of travel began in the early 80’s when he began working on adventure travel films. His first major travel assignment was for Frontier Airlines when he photographed several locations in Mexico for the airline. Shortly after that he began working on a television series for the Discovery Channel hosted by Sir Edmund Hillary. During the course of the working on the segments for this program Jerome traveled to Peru, Greece, Alaska, and New Zealand.

The combination of adventure and travel would become Jerome’s main subject matter over the next several years during which time he lived in New Zealand. His client list ranges from Ski and Camping Manufactures, Tourism Bureaus and Outdoor Clothing Companies to Airlines, Hotels, and Travel & Tour Operators.