Awards & Winners

Peter Turnley

Date of Birth 22-June-1955
Place of Birth Fort Wayne
(Allen County, Indiana, United States of America, Area code 260)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Photographer
Peter N. Turnley is an American-born photojournalist known for documenting the human condition and current events. Over the past two decades, he has traveled to eighty-five countries and covered nearly every major news event of international significance. His photographs have been featured on the cover of Newsweek more than forty times. A renowned street photographer who's lived in and photographed Paris since 1978, Turnley is one of the preeminent photographers of the daily life in Paris of his generation. Turnley 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.

Awards by Peter Turnley

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Turnley.

1988


World Press Photo Award for General News
Honored for : Armenian Earthquake
(Stories)
World Press Photo Award for Daily Life
Honored for : 1988 World Press Photo Award for Daily Life winning photo
(Single)

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for General News Armenian Earthquake
Stories
World Press Photo Award for Daily Life 1988 World Press Photo Award for Daily Life winning photo
Single

1987


World Press Photo Award for People in the News
Honored for : 1987 World Press Photo Award for People in the News winning photo
(Single)

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for People in the News 1987 World Press Photo Award for People in the News winning photo
Single