bio
One of the country's leading portrait photographers, John Derryberry has spent decades traveling the world and capturing striking images of everyone from U.S. Presidential candidates to Japanese puppeteers and Nepalese holy men.
The Dallas-based photographer sold his first portrait at age 15 and later apprenticed with master photographers while simultaneously studying Fine Arts and Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. After graduation, John moved to Japan where he sharply developed his sense of timing learning while Japanese fencing, and developed his artist’s eye on photographic journeys across Asia, Europe and Central America.
In his home town, Dallas, he opened John Derryberry Photography and became known for arresting images which have appeared in magazines, and art galleries around the world. Blurring the line between fine art and commercial photography, John has worked with many well-known commercial and editorial clients while specializing in commissioned portraiture.
In the studio, John and his staff use modern technology with classical techniques to produce the highest-quality prints. This blend of arresting photography and masterful printmaking is what makes his pictures so compelling.
“A great portrait is iconic,” John says. “It captures the spirit of who you are and defines the way you will be remembered.”
Photo of John and his wife Madalyn
national clients
- American Airlines
- American Board of Trial Lawyers
- Baylor Scott and White Hospital
- Boise Cascade
- Communication Arts Photography Annual
- JC Penney
- Market Watch Magazine
- The New York Stock Exchange
- Neiman Marcus
- Pepsico
- Prescriptives Cosmetics
- Prudential
- Salesforce
- Southwest Airlines
- Texas Monthly
- Town and Country
- William Sonoma
Local Clients
- Avon Cleaners
- Ballet Dallas
- Barron and Budd Attorneys
- Briggs Freeman Sotheby's Realtors
- Crossmark
- D Home Magazine
- D Magazine
- Dallas Bar Association
- The Dealey Group
- Ebby Halliday Realtors
- Edgemere
- Greenhill School
- The Mansion on Turtle Creek
- Maverick Capital
- Oglesby Greene Architects
- Signature Back Office
- Stanley Korshak
- Strong Travel Services
- Tax Advisor’s Group
- Wesley Prep
charities
Books
- Texas on a Roll -Kodak
- 10,000 Eyes - Kodak
- Horse People
- The Needle and The Sword, Health Strategies of A Samurai Acupuncturist
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