William Helburn

A native New Yorker, William Helburn became a photographer after serving in the U.S. Army. Upon returning home from World War II, a partner’s chance encounter with Fernand Fonssagrives turned him toward fashion photography. He attended Alexander Brodovitch’s famous Design Laboratory and went on to shoot for Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Esquire, Town & Country, Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, and Charm. He was a first-call photographer for the top advertising firms of the era, including Altman- Stoller; Delehanty, Kurnit & Geller; Young & Rubicam, and Doyle Dane Bernbach. Helburn won numerous advertising and graphic arts awards. He would turn to television commercials in the 1970s, but continued shooting still photography into the early 1980s. He lives in Connecticut.

For more than thirty years, Robert Lilly, also a native New Yorker, has produced news programs, stories, and documentaries from Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas for companies including NBC, CNN, VH1, and Reuters. He lives in New York.

Lois Allen Lilly is from New York and Florida. She is a producer, reporter, narrator, and intellectual property specialist. She lives in New York.