Photo: Tom Dunn Photography
A hobby, a passion and a de-stresser—that’s how Woodbury photographer Tom Dunn describes his profession.
Dunn graduated from Purdue University with a degree in financial management and worked in insurance for 13 years. On the side, he took photography classes, worked in a darkroom, won awards in camera club competitions and took the plunge in 2006 to become a franchisee of Celebrity Kids Portrait Studios in Woodbury. The business closed in 2009, and Dunn started his own company, Tom Dunn Photography. “If times were different, my dream might not have happened,” Dunn says. He enjoys networking with people and helping tell their unique stories.
You will have seen Dunn’s pictures in Woodbury Magazine from Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce and Woodbury Community Foundation (WCF) events, and on the City of Woodbury website. “In my little way, I help the City of Woodbury,” he says.
Joining the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce and the Business Builders Business Network International gave him access to other small business owners in Woodbury. Around 2010, he met Alisa Rabin Bell, then executive director of the Woodbury Community Foundation (WCF). He regularly takes pictures at their events.
Manali Shah is a board member of the WCF and has been volunteering in Woodbury and Washington County for over 20 years. Find more at woodburycommunity.org.
