Talk:Jeremy Deputat

Conflict of interest disclosure

I am Jeremy Deputat, the subject of this article. I am disclosing my conflict of interest and will use this talk page to request substantive changes rather than editing the biography directly. 310Auditor (talk) 00:11, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

COI edit request: biography update and BLP changes

I am Jeremy Deputat, the subject of this article, and I have disclosed my conflict of interest above. I am requesting that an uninvolved editor review a proposed update to the biography rather than making substantive edits to the article myself.

The current article is substantially outdated and is largely structured around older client and publication lists. I would like to propose a more conventional biographical structure based primarily on independent published sources, including W, WDIV/ClickOnDetroit, Hypebeast, Metro Times, Billboard, and Time Out Chicago.

My current professional title is Creative Director and Photographer. I recognize that the strongest independent historical coverage primarily describes me as a photographer and art director, while my current Creative Director designation is documented principally by current professional/affiliated sources. I have therefore preserved the historically sourced art-direction background in the Career section while proposing that the lead and infobox reflect my current occupation. I defer to uninvolved editors regarding whether the sourcing is sufficient for that wording.

I am also requesting two BLP-related changes:

1. Please remove my date of birth and birth year from the article, infobox, and associated birth-year category. As the subject of this living-person biography, I object to publication of this personal information and ask that editors consider the privacy guidance at WP:DOB.
2. Please remove the current photograph from the article's infobox without replacing it. I am not requesting deletion of the underlying Wikimedia Commons file.

Below is my proposed replacement text for review.

{{Short description|American creative director and photographer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jeremy Deputat
| birth_place = [[Detroit]], Michigan, U.S.
| occupation = Creative director, photographer
| education = [[Wayne State University]]
| website = {{URL|jeremydeputat.com}}
}}

'''Jeremy "JD" Deputat''' is an American creative director and photographer from [[Detroit]], Michigan. He is known for portrait and music photography, including work with [[Eminem]] and [[Kid Rock]].<ref name="W">{{cite magazine |last=Petrarca |first=Emilia |title=Meet Jeremy Deputat, the Detroit Photographer Who Hangs with Eminem |magazine=W |date=June 1, 2016 |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/jeremy-deputat-photographer-detroit}}</ref><ref name="Local4">{{cite web |last=Atwell |first=Alex |title=Uniquely Detroit: Photographer Jeremy Deputat |website=ClickOnDetroit |date=March 1, 2016 |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/uniquely-detroit/2016/03/01/uniquely-detroit-photographer-jeremy-deputat/}}</ref>

== Career ==

Deputat began taking photographs while working as an art director at the Detroit alternative weekly ''Real Detroit Weekly''. According to ''W'', he began shooting around 2003 after encountering limitations in the photography available for the publication, and left the publication in 2009 to pursue photography full time.<ref name="W" /> WDIV's ClickOnDetroit similarly reported that Deputat began at ''Real Detroit Weekly'' in the early 2000s and moved from editorial art direction into photography.<ref name="Local4" />

His early photography career became closely associated with music. ''Hypebeast'' profiled Deputat in 2013, describing his work with musicians including Eminem and Kid Rock.<ref name="Hypebeast">{{cite web |last=Bray |first=Arthur |title=Through the Lens: Jeremy Deputat |website=Hypebeast |date=May 2013 |url=https://hypebeast.com/2013/5/through-the-lens-jeremy-deputat}}</ref> He photographed Eminem for the cover of the November 9, 2013 issue of ''Billboard''.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |title=Eminem |magazine=Billboard |date=November 9, 2013 |volume=125 |issue=43 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2013/Billboard-2013-11-09.pdf}}</ref>

In 2011, Deputat accompanied Kid Rock's ''Born Free'' tour and photographed the musician on and off stage. The resulting photographs became the 2013 book ''I'm Kid Rock, What's Your Excuse?'', a 176-page collection documenting the tour.<ref name="HypeBook">{{cite web |last=Bray |first=Arthur |title='I'm Kid Rock, What's Your Excuse?' Book by Jeremy Deputat |website=Hypebeast |date=April 2013 |url=https://hypebeast.com/2013/4/im-kid-rock-whats-your-excuse-book-by-jeremy-deputat}}</ref>

== Exhibitions and projects ==

In July 2014, Deputat presented his first solo exhibition, ''Nothing Is Forever'', at Inner State Gallery in Detroit's Eastern Market. The exhibition combined portraits of musicians with travel photography.<ref name="Metro">{{cite news |last=DeVito |first=Lee |title=Jeremy Deputat makes solo hometown debut at Inner State Gallery |newspaper=Metro Times |date=July 2014 |url=https://www.metrotimes.com/issue-archives/jul-16-22-2014/}}</ref>

In 2017, Deputat contributed photography to ''Artifacts'', a project curated by Carleton Gholz examining Detroit music history through objects associated with the city's musical culture.<ref name="DSC">{{cite web |title=Artifacts: Open This Week |website=Detroit Sound Conservancy |date=May 23, 2017 |url=https://detroitsound.org/category/events/page/3/}}</ref>

That November, Deputat and photographer Jason Peterson led a Music + Photo Master Class as part of Red Bull Sound Select's ''30 Days in Chicago''. ''Time Out Chicago'' described the event as a workshop on music and concert photography.<ref name="TimeOut">{{cite web |title=Your guide to the Red Bull 30 Days in Chicago lineup |website=Time Out Chicago |date=2017 |url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/music/red-bull-sound-select-30-days-in-chicago-lineup}}</ref>

== Selected works ==

* ''I'm Kid Rock, What's Your Excuse?'' (2013)

== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://www.jeremydeputat.com/}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American photographers]]
[[Category:American art directors]]
[[Category:Wayne State University alumni]]
[[Category:Artists from Detroit]]
[[Category:American male photographers]]

I have intentionally omitted projects and professional claims for which I could not identify sufficiently strong independent sourcing. I am happy to answer factual questions, but I defer to uninvolved editors regarding wording, source weight, and what ultimately belongs in the article. Thank you for reviewing the request. 310Auditor (talk) 00:16, 25 August 2026 (UTC)