Peter Turnley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Turnley
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1955(1955-06-22)
Age	69
Birthplace	Fort Wayne
Country	United States
Birth City	Fort Wayne
Horoscope	Cancer

Peter Turnley Biography

Peter Turnley is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on June 22, 1955 in Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, United States. Peter N. Turnley (born June 22, 1955) is an American photojournalist known for documenting the human condition and current events. He is also a street photographer who has lived in and photographed Paris since 1978.

Turnley is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Sorbonne of Paris, and the Institut d’études politiques of Paris, one of the few American students ever to do so. He has received honorary doctorates from the New School of Social Research in New York and University of St Francis (Indiana). Harvard University awarded him a Nieman Fellowship for 2000–2001.

Turnley has photographed world conflicts including the Gulf War, Bosnian War, Somali Civil War, Rwandan genocide, South Africa under apartheid, First Chechen War, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Afghanistan, Kosovo War, and Iraq (2003). During the end of the Cold War (1985–1991) Turnley photographed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev more than any other Western journalist. He witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall and the revolutions in Eastern Europe in 1989, Nelson Mandela’s walk out of prison after 27 years incarceration, and the ensuing end of apartheid in South Africa. Turnley was also present in New York City at “Ground Zero” on September 11, 2001, and in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He photographed the election and inauguration of President Barack Obama and produced a multimedia piece on this occasion for CNN.

In 2015, Turnley was the first American artist since the Cuban revolution to be given a major exposition at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Havana.

Turnley’s photographs have been used on the cover of Newsweek more than forty times. He and his twin brother, the photographer David C. Turnley, were the subjects of a biographical 60 Minutes piece Double Exposure, which aired during their exhibition, In Times of War and Peace at New York’s International Center of Photography in 1996.

Peter Turnley Net Worth

Peter Turnley is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Turnley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Turnley first began photographing in 1972 in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. With his twin brother David, he spent a year photographing the life of the inner-city, working-class McClellan Street. This work was published in 2008 by Indiana University Press. In 1975, the Office of Economic Opportunity of the State of California hired Turnley to produce a photographic documentary on poverty in California.

After an initial sojourn of eight months in Paris in 1975 to 1976, Turnley moved there in 1978. He began working as a printer at the photography lab, Picto. At the same time, he began photographing street scenes in Paris, which resulted in the book Parisians (2001). He began working as the assistant to the photographer Robert Doisneau in 1981 and with Doisneau’s introduction to Raymond Grosset, the director of the Rapho photo agency, Turnley became a member of Rapho, working alongside many of the photographers of the French school of humanist photography. He became associated with the Black Star photo agency and was mentored by its director Howard Chapnick. As Paris-based contract photographer for Newsweek from 1984 to 2001, Turnley’s photographs appeared on its cover 43 times. In 2003, he began producing eight-page quarterly photo-essays for Harper’s Magazine.

During the fall of 2001 Turnley was a Teaching Fellow for Professor Robert Coles for his class “The Literature of Social Reflection” at Harvard, and he is a frequent lecturer and teacher at universities and on panels worldwide, including the Danish National School of Journalism, Parsons School of Design, Paris, the University of Hanover, Germany, The University of Michigan, The University of Iowa, and Indiana University. He was an artist-in-residence at the Residential College of the University of Michigan during the spring semester of 2008.

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Facts & Trivia

Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Peter Turnley celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

What camera does Peter Turnley use?

Peter Turnley, with a newly acquired Leica M10. I don’t often like to speak about cameras, but this is the first time in a long time I have been so excited about a camera.

Where does Peter Turnley live?

He presently lives in both New York and Paris , and has previously published six books of his work: French Kiss – A Love Letter to Paris, Beijing Spring, Moments of Revolution, In Times of War and Peace, Parisians, and McClellan Street.

What camera does David Turnley?

A: I am at this stage very much a beneficiary of the digital age and can only express my gratitude for the support I have received from Leica. I primarily use a digital M9 with the 35 mm f/1.4 Summilux ASPH.

What lens does Peter Turnley use?

I have always chosen very fast lenses and generally have worked with the 28mm and 35mm focal lengths that allow a sense of intimacy with my subjects as well as establishing a context of the environment surrounding a visual story.

What lenses do photojournalists use?

• Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L.
• Canon EF 16–35mm f/2.8L III USM Lens.
• Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM.