ABOUT
| ABOUT JACK |
Fresh out of high school, Jack Deutsch came to New York from Chicago with a plan to take a year off before going into medical school. By a fluke, he quickly began working as an assistant photographer, and he never looked back. He was soon working for Gordon Munro, a protegé of Irving Penn, and then he received a call for an assignment from “a friend of a friend.” The work was for American designing pioneer Geoffrey Beene. The fashion designer needed pictures for his runway show. Jack’s photography and the innovative idea launched him into a national ad campaign in Vogue, Town & Country and Harpers Bazaar. Geoffrey Beene would remain a client for the next 20 years. With a studio in Manhattan’s photo district, Jack offers his clients a comfortable, flexible and very excellently equipped space. Jack’s photographic focus ranges across fashion, beauty, jewelry and still lives. His clients include and have included Quest and Avenue magazines, Ann Taylor, L’Oreal, Vogue Knitting, Coats and Clark, Redheart, The Taunton Press, Cahners Publishing, Tahki, Kellwood and Rockport Publishing as well a innumerable trade magazines such as JCK Magazine, Jewellery Business, Instore and Modern Jeweler. Book projects include Vogue Knitting, Book of World Knits, Kids Knits, The Ghost Town Story Teller, Entertaining Edibles and several craft books, as well as dozens of magazine covers. One of Jack’s special jobs is photographing the ASPCA’s calendar. “It’s a wonderful shift to come from a studio shoot where everything is planned, controlled and art directed to working with animals who are, well, just always themselves.I am always impressed by how devoted rescue animal adopted parents are—they and their pets always have a special energy, which is a pleasure to photograph…and yes I am a pet owner, too..” Loyalty is a hallmark of Jack – both to and from his clients. There is a great deal of trust in these relationships which enables great work to be done and there’s even space for fun in what is a high-stress business. Clients typically work on tight deadlines and ever-tighter budgets, but problem solving, not only photography is Jack’s forte, he is both a producer and a photographer. The photography business has changed incredibly over the years and Jack has evolved with it – but he still cant bear to part with his Hasselblads. “I guess I now have a mini museum of “antique” cameras on that shelf – but I’m not planning to join it anytime soon,” he quips. As of this year video shoots have also become part of his repertoire. Jack keeps his eye fresh to new ideas, he sees the Internet as a great tool for this research, but as a photographer he’s always looking at the world around him– to refresh his vision and reset his visual aesthetics. Living in New York is still the greatest inspiration to photography. “I’ll admit it,” he says – “When something catches my eye I’ll stop and snap a picture with my cellphone just like anyone else.” When Jack is not home from home at his studio he is at home with his family, his wife, two teenaged children (“the biggest reality check anyone can have”) and a small irascible dog. |
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