Italian master of photography Gian Paolo Barbieri has died at age 89 after fighting a long illness. The announcement came from the photographer’s namesake foundation on Wednesday. ⁠ ⁠ A private funeral service is planned at a date yet to be revealed.⁠ ⁠ Born in Milan in 1935, Barbieri was one of the 20th century’s most influential photographers and a pioneer in fashion, having shot the first cover of Vogue Italia, and since then logging major advertising campaigns for brands such as Versace, Gianfranco Ferrè, Vivienne Westwood, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino and Giorgio Armani, as well as portraits of everyone from movie stars to supermodels, ranging from Veruschka, Naomi Campbell and Eva Herzigova to Audrey Hepburn and Monica Bellucci.⁠ ⁠ Read more at WWD.com — #linkinbio⁠ ⁠ Report: @sandrasalibian