Deborah Turbeville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Deborah Turbeville

American photographer

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1932

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 24-Oct-2013

Profession: photographer, fashion editor, fashion photographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Deborah Lou Turbeville (July 6, 1932 – October 24, 2013) was an American fashion photographer.
Although she started out as a fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, she became a photographer in the 1970s.She is widely credited with adding a darker, more brooding element to fashion photography, beginning in the early 1970s – she, Guy Bourdin and Helmut Newton changed it from traditional, well-lit images into something much more "edgy" looking.
However, unlike the "urban erotic underworld" portrayed by her contemporaries, Turbeville's aesthetic tended towards "dreamy and mysterious," a delicate female gaze.
She was the only woman and only American among this trio.
In 2009, Women's Wear Daily wrote that Turbeville transformed "fashion photography into avant-garde art."Her photographs appeared in numerous publications and fashion advertisements, including ads for Bloomingdale's, Bruno Magli, Nike, Ralph Lauren and Macy's.Born in 1932 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, Turbeville died from lung cancer at St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan on October 24, 2013, at the age of 81.