Deborah Turbeville was born in Massachusetts and raised in New England. When she was twenty years old she moved to New York to work with the designer Claire McCardell. Deborah became a fashion editor and then realized that her heart was in photography and has been taking photos ever since. Turbeville divides her time between New York and Mexico.

Editorial clients:

Acne Paper, Architectural Digest, Casa Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler, Independent Sunday Review, L'Uomo Vogue, American Vogue, German Vogue, Italian Vogue, V Magazine, W Magazine

Commercial Clients:

Bergdorf Goodman, Capri Cigarettes, Four Seasons Hotel, Mexican Tourist Board, Neiman Marcus - "the Art of Fashion", Nike, Nippon Airlines, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Roma Fragrance, Saks Fifth Avenue, Shanghai Tang, Ungaro, Valentino, Vera Wang

Solo Exhibitions:

2012

"Unseen Versailles" 

Galerie Serge Aboukrat, Paris

2011

“Deborah Turbeville: The Fashion Pictures”

Staley Wise Gallery, New York City

Jules Wright, London

2010

Staley Wise Gallery, New York City

Wapping Bankside, London

2009

Gallery Casa Diana, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2006

“Deborah Turbeville : The Narrative Works 1974 - 1996”

The Wapping Project (London)

2003

“ Elements of Style “

Staley Wise Gallery

New York City

1997 — 1999

“ Studio St. Petersburg “ traveling exhibition  appearing at:

Kunst Museum

Finland, 1999 

Annina Nosei Gallery

New York City, 1998

Carla Sozzani Gallery

Milan, 1998      

Hasselblad Museum 

Sweden, 1997

1991—1996 

“ Guatemala “ traveling exhibition appearing at:

Parco Galleries

Tokyo, 1996 

Bellas Artes

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 1995

Staley Wise Gallery

New York City, 1994

Museo Contemporaneo

Mexico City, 1993

Galerie Rohwedder

Paris, 1991

Awards

2009

Prix Nadar, Special Mention

2007

Lucie Award for Fashion Photography 

2005

ICP Infinity Award for Applied Photography

2002

Fullbright scholarship for a lecture series in Photography at the Baltic School of photography

1999

The Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography through Life Magazine and Columbia.

1998

University Graduate School of Journalism for Fashion (single image). W magazine. The Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Fashion (photo essay). W magazine.

1993

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Boston.

1989

Fashion Group Lifetime Award for Fashion Photography.

1981

American Book Award. Best Photography, for " Unseen Versailles ". Certificate of Recognition, Fashion Group Foundation, Inc., (September 1981).