Brett-Deutsch-PhotographerI’m Brett Deutsch, co-owner and chief photographer of Gotham Family Photos, Headshots NYC, and Deutsch Photography.  

No matter who I photograph — a newborn infant, an expectant mom, a gathering of five generations, or a family touring NYC — I want the images to be truthful and powerful.  I’m a documentarian at heart, so I like to capture a sliver of story in every photograph.

The greatest teacher, as the old adage goes, is experience.  I’ve taken well over a million photographs, not only in NYC — where I’ve lived for twenty-five years — but on all seven continents. I formally trained at Pomona College, the New York Institute of Photography and the School of Visual Arts, and my work has been featured in Backstage, The New York Times, Time Out London, and the Dallas Morning News, to name a few. At heart, I’m a people photographer, which is why family photography is such a huge part of our business.  And of course, by “people” I also mean dogs (see the photo below and check these out, too).

If happiness is doing what you love, then I’m destined to go through life with a huge smile on my face, not least because my business partner is also my wife and life partner, the brilliant and lovely Sherri Phillips. 

 

Sherri-Phillips-Deutsch-Photography

I’m Sherri Phillips, co-owner and director of operations at Gotham Family Photos, Headshots NYC, and Deutsch Photography.

So, the day I met Brett, he had in hand some photos he’d just taken of his newborn nephew. I think I may have started falling a little in love as soon as I saw those pictures. Of course, top talent is always attractive, and I was in advertising then, so I saw a lot of it — but Brett brings an empathy and a perspective to his work that I’ve rarely seen. It was not a difficult decision (in fact, it was a slam dunk) to partner with him not only in life, but in business. 

Advertising was fun (Coca-Cola! SiriusXM! Microsoft!) — big budgets, lots of travel, cool co-workers — but building this business is one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done. It’s not what I would have pictured doing when I was growing up in Georgia, or getting my math degree in Texas, and even less so when I was pursuing my masters in creative writing here in New York City, but the adventures and misadventures we’ve had with this business — and with our amazing clients — have been incredibly fulfilling.  

We work with people all over the world and families in every stage of life, and every single shoot is unique and fresh and has its own fingerprint, because you are unique and fresh and have your own personality and story. We’d love to photograph you soon.

 

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