 While in Paris in 1939 fashion illustrator Christian Bérard introduced Deakin to Michel de Brunhoff, editor of French "Vogue".From 1940 until 1945, Deakin served in the British Army Film Unit as a photographer, where he photographed the Second Battle of El Alamein.After the War, Deakin enjoyed two periods of employment as a staff photographer on the British edition of "Vogue".