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Interview // Peter Turnley

October 13, 2013 Simon Johnson
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Peter Turnley is a renowned photojournalist, who has, for more than four decades, created an enduring legacy of memorable images that reveal the depth and pathos of our common human experience and history. Turnley has photographed monumental moments of historic change and revolution including the Gulf War, Iraq, Kosovo, Bosnia, Chechnya, the fall of the Berlin Wall, revolutions in Eastern Europe, Tiananmen Square, the release of Nelson Mandela, the end of apartheid in South Africa, and many world leaders including President Barack Obama.

In his new book “French Kiss – A Love Letter to Paris,” he reveals moments of poetry and beauty he witnessed as a street photographer during the past 40 years of documenting the city of love, which is his adopted home.

Q: Hi Peter, how did you get started with photography?

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A: I was sixteen years old. I had a serious injury from playing high school football. While I was in the hospital for a while, my parents brought me a book with photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. I don’t even know how they had the good sense to even know who he was. As I laid in the hospital and looked at this gentleman’s photos, I was blown away by the way in which his vision informed me that there was all this poetry and marvel in the moments of daily life that I was walking by every day without noticing. So, I bought a camera and, thanks to my injury, I had a lot of time after school. I began to drive down to the inner city of my hometown in Ft. Wayne, Indiana every night, and I discovered immediately that the camera offered me a way to speak. It became a passport and allowed me to go anywhere. My life really began to open up. I visited people’s homes, gospel churches, taverns, and pool halls, and I developed all the negatives myself in my parents’ basement. I’ll never forget, when I came up and showed a wet print to my family sitting around the kitchen table after dinner, and remembering the look in their eyes as I shared something that I had seen.

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Source (http://blog.leica-camera.com)

 Purchase a copy of “French Kiss – A Love Letter to Paris” here. Learn more about Peter through his website and Facebook.

 

In Photographer, Interview Tags Peter Turnley, Interview, Leica, Street Photographer, Street Photography
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Cheers to everyone for a great hang, wonderful morning. The  Fujifilm GFXr absolutely ROCKS. Cheers for the play @markj211 images @iamsimonjohnson #westendbrisbane #brisbanephotography #brisbane #cameracollective
Enjoying @seantuck's Collection II book. Beautiful photographs and print quality.

#seantucker #photobook #streetphotography #blackandwhiteisworththefight #landscapephotography MEET UP. CUP A JOE AND A CHAT. Sol Bread in West End 7:30am until whenever Our first B&W film developing workshop will be on Sunday 10th March with @iamsimonjohnson and @nickjbedford. Places are limited places so get in quick. This time we'll also demonstrate 4x5 sheet film. Link in bio.

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