John Deyto

John Francis Deyto is an American photographer.

Born in San Francisco, California, his early work was strongly influenced by the skratch DJ’s that would later become his clients. He moved to Pasadena, California to study photography under Paul Jasmin at the Art Center College of Design. He has photographed fashion and music for clients, such as Levi’s, Cigna Health Net, Tommy Boy Records, Capitol Records, Thud Rumble, Dirt Style, RayGun Magazine, Detour Magazine, SOMA Magazine, Bikini Magazine, XLR8R, Nylon, Jane Magazine, Flaunt, and FHM (UK). In 2001, along with the screening of DJ Qbert's “Wave Twisters”, he showed "Nineteen DJ’s" (19 portraits of the world’s most influential DJ’s) at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

John Deyto’s portrait subjects include Metallica, Primus, Angela Davis, Luisito Espinosa, Jason Mecier, Naut Humon, Joe Clausell, Roni Size, and such DJ's as The X-Ecutioners, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, The Beat Junkies, Radar, DJ Qbert, DJ Flare, DJ Aladdin, DJ Cash Money, D-Styles, P-Trix, A-Track, Scratch Perverts, and YogaFrog.

He currently is an Art Director, and is part-time faculty at an art college in California.

ee also

*Addy Awards
*Yahoo!
*Ralph Lauren
*Excite
*Gaia Online
*Turntablism
*Art Center College of Design
*Art Director