![]() ![]() ![]() I asked Paul what he thought about making a book, and he loved the idea. But what I did know was that given the May exhibition of Comme des Garçons at the Met these photos should be made into a book. While I was browsing the photos, like some kid in gothic Disneyland, I spotted a box titled “Comme des Garçons.” I went through it, and the ethereal, otherworldly photos in it were marked “1981.” Could it be that Deborah had shot the first collection Kawakubo presented in Paris? It very well could, though we did not know for sure. Turbeville is known for her iconoclastic fashion photographs, elaborate tableaux that depict brooding, introspective models wearing haute-couture clothing and posed in barren, desolate settings. I kept in touch with people who managed Deborah’s estate, and early this year I finally went to see her archive, housed in an Upper East Side townhouse and to meet its co-director, Paul Sinclaire, who also was one of Deborah’s closest friends. An exhibition of works by Deborah Turbeville (American, 1932-2013), one of the most influential and renowned fashion photographers of the 20th century. After Deborah passed away, it was the first article from our print editions that we shared online. It turned out that Deborah was an avid Russophile, and our conversation ranged from her work to her love of Russian literature, cinema, music, and ballet. I first met the photographer Deborah Turbeville in 2011 when I profiled her for our second print volume. ![]()
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