

However, within a very short time she was discovered by famed fashion designer Claire McCardell and was asked to join her design studio. This love of theater and literature is closely linked to her later development as a photographer.Īfter completing school, she moved to New York intending to pursue a career in theater. She was also drawn to literature and began to read the works of writers like Dostoyevsky at an early age. She was particularly drawn to choreography, costumes, and sets, and often improvised her own pieces. Deborah Turbeville was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up between Boston and the atmospheric Maine sea coast town Ogunquit.Īs a young student, Turbeville performed as a dancer and as an actor in various local theaters.
