Deborah Turbeville
Deborah Turbeville has been one of the world's most important and recognized fashion photographers since the mid-1970's when her first photographs. Her New England upbringing gives her an appreciation of weather and storied environments, which is still reflected in her work today. She moved to New York City before she was 20 and worked for designer Claire McCardell, a major influence on her career. After working as an editor at Harper's Bazaar and then Miss, Turbeville became a photographer, originating a highly distinctive style known for its soft-focus use of mise-en-scene and grainy, pointillist printing technique.
Her influential, cinematic work appears regularly in American, British, French, Italian and Russian Vogue, and The Uomo Vogue and W magazine, among others, and her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2006, a retrospective Deborah Turbeville: The Narrative Works 1974-1996 was presented at The Wapping Project (London). She has been awarded the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lucie, the ICP Infinity Award, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, and the Fashion Group Lifetime Award for Fashion Photography. She has published several books, most recently, Past Imperfect (Steidl, 2009), and Casa No Name (Rizzoli, 2009)
Deborah Turbeville's book of photographs, Past Imperfect, may be puzzling to those who like their answers on a plate. The pictures breach the fine line between a commercial fashion shoot and a pictorial work of art, for one thing. In the scenarios depicted the female models are cast as players whose role is ambiguous. As well, the photographer has reproduced the original archive in which many of the prints were torn, scratched and superimposed with sticky tape. She and her publisher, Steidl, on the book, which is an edited compilation of work done between 1974 and 1997.
Her influential, cinematic work appears regularly in American, British, French, Italian and Russian Vogue, and The Uomo Vogue and W magazine, among others, and her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2006, a retrospective Deborah Turbeville: The Narrative Works 1974-1996 was presented at The Wapping Project (London). She has been awarded the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lucie, the ICP Infinity Award, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, and the Fashion Group Lifetime Award for Fashion Photography. She has published several books, most recently, Past Imperfect (Steidl, 2009), and Casa No Name (Rizzoli, 2009)
Deborah Turbeville's book of photographs, Past Imperfect, may be puzzling to those who like their answers on a plate. The pictures breach the fine line between a commercial fashion shoot and a pictorial work of art, for one thing. In the scenarios depicted the female models are cast as players whose role is ambiguous. As well, the photographer has reproduced the original archive in which many of the prints were torn, scratched and superimposed with sticky tape. She and her publisher, Steidl, on the book, which is an edited compilation of work done between 1974 and 1997.
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