John Decker Photography

Photographer serving Northern California and beyond. John Decker is an award winning photojournalist and photographer with more than 20 years of experience peering through camera viewfinders capturing special and historic moments. In 2005 through 2007 Decker was the staff photographer for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger where he traveled the world documenting the activities of the governor and First Lady Maria Shriver. John Decker His work has appeared in newspapers and magazines around the globe including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today, Stern, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News and many others. He has been a member of the staff of some of the most prestigious news organizations in the country including: the New York Times, the Sacramento Bee, the Detroit Free Press and the Bergen Record of Hackensack, NJ. Relying on his years of experience in photojournalism, his wedding, commercial and event photography have a distinctive and authentic journalistic and documentary style that comes from years of creative visual exploration. Decker also has a master’s degree in visual communications from Ohio University, considered one of the best graduate and undergraduate programs for photojournalism in the country.