Growing up surrounded by fairytales and folklore has
tailored my tastes to design, fashion and photography with a certain magical
darkness. Such is that of the photography of Deborah Turbeville who sadly
passed away on Thursday.
Having been a heavy influence in fashion photography since
the early 1970s, her work was famous for depicting haunting, yet romantic and nostalgic scenes. Frequently
noted as having changed the direction of fashion photography, her work was
produced for many notable names from exquisite Valentino campaigns to all the
great glossies.
Each image is bursting with a story, a scenario, a range of
characters and emotion all composed to ignite the reader’s imagination upon
encounter. As if freezing time or
recalling a memory, fashion and famous faces become a mere embellishment to the
scenes created. An often melancholy and dramatic theme runs through her work
with artistic undertones of strangeness and an overwhelming depth.
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