From the fall of 2011 to the spring of 2013 I photographed d.i.y. artists in Missoula, Montana. The creative energy of these people was my motivation and inspiration. For that, I thank them. The following are my favorite shots from that period.

Cat Heaven, Feb. 4, 2012.
Ol'Doris, Zoo City Apparel, Sept. 22, 2012.

Booger, Ugly and Vulgar Industries, August 8, 2012.

The Lab, June 22, 2012.
Secret Plot to Destroy the Entire Universe, VFW, Feb. 1, 2013.
Arm wrestling, Ugly and Vulgar Industries, Nov. 22, 2011.
Dear Rabbit, The Lab, Oct. 25, 2011.
King Elephant, Nov. 12, 2011.
Joey writing the first King Elephant record, Oct. 19, 2011.
Rickshaw, downtown, Sept. 1, 2011.
Roscoe, August 26, 2011.
The Lab, June 23, 2012.
The Lab, June 22, 2012.
Brandon and Tyler, May 15, 2013.
Friends of Cesar Romero, Badlander, May 7, 2013.
Whoopass Girls, VFW, May 1, 2013.
Crack Money, March 29, 2013.
Bird's Mile Home, VFW alley, March 23, 2012.

Brandon and Bobby, March 22, 2012.

Brooks, Ugly and Vulgar Industries, Feb. 24, 2012.

Inside Warm Soda's van, April 11, 2013.

Ethan recording with King Elephant in Bonner, Mont., March 8, 2012.
Fucked Up, the Badlander, Feb. 16, 2013.
The Lab, June 22, 2012.
Bird's Mile Home, Zoo City Apparel, Feb. 4, 2012.

Nick of Buddy Jackson,

VFW, Feb. 1, 2013.
Brandon, Jan. 19, 2013.
Joey and Lily outside of the Palace, Jan. 8, 2012.
Total Combined Weight, March 30, 2013.
Bad Naked, March 30, 2013.

Ol'Doris merch guy, Sep. 22, 2012.

Helms Alee, Zoo City Apparel, March 30, 2013.
March 28, 2013.
Slatwall, Zoo City Apparel, Sept. 22, 2012.
The Lab, September 12, 2011.
Outside Zoo City Apparel, March 30, 2012.
VFW, March 23, 2012.
King Elephant, Zoo City Apparel, Jan. 19, 2013.
Zoe, March 30, 2013.
Moshing, VFW, Feb. 7, 2013.
Sam Platts and The Kootenai Three, VFW, Feb. 8, 2013.
Your Pest Band, The Lab, Sept. 12, 2011.
King Elephant, Feb. 8, 2013.

Total Combined Weight, Badlander, Feb. 15, 2013.

Buddy Jackson, Feb. 16, 2013.
Joey as Tom Petty, Feb. 22, 2013.

Ugly and Vulgar Industries, March 16, 2013.

The Dikes of Holland, Zoo City Apparel, Aug. 17, 2012.

Bad Naked, The Lab, Aug. 18, 2012.

Cass, VFW, Nov. 10, 2012.

Dream Decay, VFW, Aug. 18, 2012.
Lecherous Gaze, The Palace, Aug. 17, 2013.
Iron Lung, The Lab, Aug. 18, 2012.

Needlecraft, Zoo City Apparel, Aug., 2012.

VTO, VFW, Aug. 18, 2012.

Owl, VFW, Nov. 10, 2012.

Mike Watt and The Missing Men, Zoo City Apparel, Oct. 1, 2012.

Rich and Zoe, Woodford Street, March 16, 2013.

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