Peter Turnley

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Peter Turnley in the West Bank (1993)

Peter N. Turnley (born June 22, 1955 in Fort Wayne , Indiana ) is an American photographer and photojournalist .

His twin brother, David Turnley, is also a photographer.

life and work

Peter and David Turnley were born on June 22, 1955, the sons of William Loyd Turnley and Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Turnley (nee Protsman ) in Fort Wayne.

At the age of 16, he had an accident while playing school sports, which resulted in an extended hospital stay. After his parents brought him the book The Face of Asia by photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson to the hospital, he became interested in photography. Shortly afterwards he bought his first camera and soon began developing the pictures himself.

From 1973 Turnley studied first at the University of Michigan , later at the Paris Sorbonne and at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris .

The French capital has also been his adopted home since 1975, where he continuously captures the life of Parisians in pictures. In the early 1980s Turnley, like his brother before, worked as an assistant to the French photographer Robert Doisneau . Together with Adam Gopnik , Turnley published the illustrated book Parisians in 2000 . French Kiss followed in 2013 : A Love Letter to Paris.

From 1986 to 2001 Turnley was employed as a photographer for Newsweek magazine . During this time, more than 40 of his pictures were selected as cover photos for the magazine. From 2003 to 2007 he was an editor and photographer at Harper's Magazine . Among other things, he documented the fall of the Berlin Wall , the Eastern European revolutions in 1989 , the Second Gulf War , the Bosnian War , the genocide in Rwanda , the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti .

Turnley received honorary doctorates from The New School and St. Francis College. From 2000 to 2001 he studied at Harvard University on a Nieman Fellowship . He passes on his knowledge to young photographers in numerous workshops.

Awards (selection)

  • 1987: World Press Photo : Honorable mention in the People in the News category for his photo of the SS war criminal Klaus Barbie when he was convicted
  • 1988: World Press Photo: 2nd place in the News Features stories category for his photo of a grieving family after the Spitak earthquake
  • 1988: World Press Photo: 3rd place in the Daily Life category for his photo of a refugee child in Mozambique
  • 1989: Overseas Press Club : The Olivier Rebbot Award in the category Best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines and books for his photo series Ceaușescu , The Fall of a Dictator

Publications (selection)

  • David Turnley, Peter Turnley, Melinda Liu: Beijing Spring. Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc, 1989, ISBN 978-1556701306
  • David Turnley, Peter Turnley: Moments of Revolution: Eastern Europe. Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc, 1990, ISBN 978-1556701689
  • Howard Chapnick, David C. Turnley, Peter Turnley: In Times of War and Peace. Abbeville Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0789202994
  • Adam Gopnik , Peter Turnley: Parisians. Abbeville Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0789206503
  • John G. Morris , David Turnley, Peter Turnley: McClellan Street. Indiana Univ. Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0253349675
  • Peter Turnley: French Kiss: A Love Letter to Paris. 2013

Exhibitions (selection)

  • The International Center for Photography (CP), New York, New York.
  • Leica Gallery, New York, New York.
  • Museum of Modern Art, Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
  • Agathe Gaillard Gallery, Paris, France.
  • Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana.
  • Museum of Modern Art, Verona, Italy.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b David and Peter Turnley; Double Exposures in Parallel Lives: The Other Side of the Lens at nytimes.com, accessed February 21, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Peter Turnley: French Kiss - A Love Letter to Paris at leica-camera.com, accessed on February 21, 2014
  3. ↑ Peter Turnley: Moments of the Human Condition at nppa.org, accessed February 21, 2014
  4. ↑ a b c d Peter Turnley Biography ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ahspublications.org, accessed February 21, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ahspublications.org
  5. ↑ 'French Kiss: A Love Letter to Paris' by Peter Turnley at theonlinephotographer.typepad.com, accessed February 21, 2014
  6. ↑ Peter Turnley, Honorable mention, People in the News ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at worldpressphoto.org, accessed February 21, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.worldpressphoto.org
  7. ↑ 1988, Peter Turnley, 2nd prize, News Features stories ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at worldpressphoto.org, accessed February 21, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.worldpressphoto.org
  8. ↑ 1988, Peter Turnley, 3rd prize, Daily Life ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at worldpressphoto.org, accessed February 21, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.worldpressphoto.org
  9. ↑ Peter Turnley at opcofamerica.org, accessed on February 21, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Turnley, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turnley, Peter N.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American photographer and photojournalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Wayne , Indiana , United States