About Losing the Light

Her career was rising. His was the cost.

Set inside the competitive, unforgiving world of fine art photography, Losing the Light is Turner Browne’s memoir of the years his life quietly came apart—and the long, uncertain work of putting it back together.

When Browne becomes entangled in a love affair with a fellow photographer, he watches her career ascend as his own collapses. What begins as passion deepens into obsession, then dependence, then violence.

This is not a story of a single breaking point, but of the slow erosion that leads to one—how ambition, vulnerability, and unaddressed mental illness can blur until they are indistinguishable, and how difficult it is to see clearly when you have spent your life behind a lens.

Unflinching, atmospheric, and deeply human, Losing the Light is a reckoning with everything Browne lost—and a portrait of what it takes to reclaim a life.

PRAISE

“A haunting tale that will pull you in from page one and stay with you long after you finish. A stunning exploration of the fragile lines between desire and revulsion, reality and illusion, love and indifference.”—Amy Friedman, author of Desperado’s Wife: A Memoir

“Turner Browne’s recounting of a challenging, existential episode in his life turns inexorably dark when, as with most mental illnesses, the fog rolls in silently until it envelopes him. His escape is a thrilling ride.”—Chris Engholm, author of House of Light and White River Memoirs

“In Losing the Light, Turner reveals the hidden demons that awaken unexpectedly in this harrowing journey of an artist’s fall and redemption. A powerful and unforgettable story.”—Lesley Hyatt, instructor, UCLA Extension Writers Program

About the Author

Turner Browne was born and raised in the Cajun area of south Louisiana. His photography has been exhibited nationally and is held in major collections, including the Library of Congress. READ MORE