About Tang's Photo Memories


Jerry Tang lives in West Dundee, Illinois. He was raised in a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In 1992, he retired early from Ameritech, where he was vice president in charge of computer operations, to make outdoor photography his new life's work. He has taken numerous nature, wildlife and travel images of the U.S. as well as in China, Costa Rica, Kenya, South Africa and Canada. His work has appeared in many books, magazines, catalogs, ads, exhibits, product labels and calendars. His latest photo book is Chicago Impressions. He is a charter member of the North American Nature Photography Association.

MAGAZINE AND CATALOG CREDITS include AAA Living, Bird Watcher's Digest, Chicago Wilderness, Country Living, Defenders of Wildlife, Endless Vacations, Environmental Defense, Faces, Family Circle, FamilyFun, Garden Design, Gardening Life, Home & Away, Horse Illustrated, Living Planet, Michigan Living, National Geographic, National Wildlife, Natural History, Organic Gardening, Organic Style, Outdoor Life, Real Simple, Scientific American Explorations, Sojourns, Voyageur, West Virginia Wildlife, Wildflower.

BOOK CREDITS include A+ Books, Anthology, Audubon, Barnes & Noble, Bridgestone, Capstone, Collins & Brown, Duval, Farcountry, Firefly, Harcourt, Holt McDougal, Houghton Mifflin, Kendall Hunt, Lerner, Marshall-Cavendish, McDougal Littell, MacMillan-McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Penguin, Prentice Hall, Rodale, Rosen, Sterling, Sunset, World Book.

ADVERTISING / CORPORATE USERS include ABS Graphics, Academy Studios, Ann Williams Design, Ardoise Design, Bata Shoe Museum, Behar-Fingal, Brown & Bigelow, Butler Bank, Canon, Coyne Beahm, Defenders of Wildlife, Dentsu America, Field Museum, Griangraf, Hermitage Art, Hotline, Howard Hughes Medical, John Henry, KHI, Kinko's, Medvind Reklam, Nature Conservancy, Pacific Studios, Postcard Factory, Pronk, REI Adventures, Scientific American, Shedd Aquarium, Taranga Zoo, Taylor Studios, Terrell Creative, USDA.