Stephen Deutch, Photographer

"The arresting eye of a poet, the invigorating warmth of a man of conscience—these constitute the signature of Stephen Deutch's art. It is no wonder that Nelson Algren, who shared these qualities in his writing, considered Deutch his closest friend and was a great admirer of his photographs." —Jan Herman, Los Angeles Times 

"[The] title [of this book] should read: Stephen Deutch, Photographer, Artist, Gentleman: From Paris to Chicago, 1932-1989 An Original!" —Victor Skrebneski, photographer

"Deutch's early work on the tough streets of Europe in his early days, and of Chicago most of his long, still-productive life, brings to mind Whitman: 'I do not doubt but the majesty and beauty of the world are latent in any iota of the world....I do not doubt there is far more in trivialities, insects, vulgar persons, slaves, dwarfs, weeds, rejected refuse, than I have supposed.' Deutch spent his professional life in the battle to join the documentary photograph to the art community's and his own sense of design.... His oeuvre stands as an adornment to the tradition of Stieglitz, Walker Evans and Brassai, someplace between the masterly pose and the artful documentary." —Art Shay, photographer