William Helburn photographed Dovima, Barbara Mullen, Jean Patchett, Simone D’Aillencourt, Suzy Parker, Anne Saint-Marie, Linda Harper, Jean Shrimpton, and many other supermodels of the 1950s and 60s. He worked for famous fashion magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Charm, and shot ad campaigns for Louis Vuitton and Caron perfumes. But it’s impossible to find any information about this photographer online, not even his biography.
This is his story, in pictures…