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Genre: PhotographySubgenre: HistoryPublisher: Abbeville PrPages: 231Language: English Format: paperbackRelease Date: April 1, 1997 Date Published: April 1, 1997 Author: Peter Turnley,ĀDavid Turnle
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"From a low-income mixed race neighborhood in their hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the hotspots of the world made famous by news headlines—Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Israel's West Bank, Cape Town, Somalia, Bosnia, Chechnya—twin brothers David and Peter Turnley have focused their cameras with award-winning results. There are bloodied corpses, angry mobs, and ragtag bands of refugees depicted in this compilation of their pictures, but precious few of the brothers' subjects are anonymous. In the tradition of Robert Capa, they work from the frontlines, resulting in intimate photographs that haunt the viewer. Peter's human interest shots, taken in the Turnleys' adopted Paris, offer a soothing respite. While the brothers write copious notes on the images, their reflections are relegated to small print in the back of the book, ensuring that the accompanying text does not dilute the power of the visuals." —Amazon.com
"Through photographic eyes that never flinch, brothers David and Peter Turnley share with us the human spirit and the human condition made wretched by war in poor places. South Central Los Angeles in the fiery grip of rioters looks remarkably like chaotic Somalia. A Sarajevan wedding guarded by a best man with an AK-47 might be a funeral in Siberia. The people who populate so many of the Turnleys' photographs are wary?not of the camera, but of the worlds they live in gone mad. The quality and value of the images result from the Turnleys' decision to eschew gore and the bluntly horrific in favor of the silence and loneliness of lives lived in societies on the edge. The prize-winning photojournalists seem always ready for the moment when a great image emerges, and their work, as collected here, yields a memorable and valuable book. Highly recommended." —Library Journal
About the Author:
"From a low-income mixed race neighborhood in their hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the hotspots of the world made famous by news headlines—Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Israel's West Bank, Cape Town, Somalia, Bosnia, Chechnya—twin brothers David and Peter Turnley have focused their cameras with award-winning results. There are bloodied corpses, angry mobs, and ragtag bands of refugees depicted in this compilation of their pictures, but precious few of the brothers' subjects are anonymous. In the tradition of Robert Capa, they work from the frontlines, resulting in intimate photographs that haunt the viewer. Peter's human interest shots, taken in the Turnleys' adopted Paris, offer a soothing respite. While the brothers write copious notes on the images, their reflections are relegated to small print in the back of the book, ensuring that the accompanying text does not dilute the power of the visuals." —Amazon.com
"Through photographic eyes that never flinch, brothers David and Peter Turnley share with us the human spirit and the human condition made wretched by war in poor places. South Central Los Angeles in the fiery grip of rioters looks remarkably like chaotic Somalia. A Sarajevan wedding guarded by a best man with an AK-47 might be a funeral in Siberia. The people who populate so many of the Turnleys' photographs are wary?not of the camera, but of the worlds they live in gone mad. The quality and value of the images result from the Turnleys' decision to eschew gore and the bluntly horrific in favor of the silence and loneliness of lives lived in societies on the edge. The prize-winning photojournalists seem always ready for the moment when a great image emerges, and their work, as collected here, yields a memorable and valuable book. Highly recommended." —Library Journal
David Turnley is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and filmmaker. He has covered many of the major news stories of the past thirty years, producing several books out of these experiences. He lives in New York City.
Peter Turnley is renown for his photography of the realities of the human condition. His photographs have been featured on the cover of Newsweek 43 times and are published frequently in the world’s most prestigious publications. He has worked in over 90 countries and has witnessed most major stories of international geo-political and historic significance in the last thirty years.
Peter Turnley is renown for his photography of the realities of the human condition. His photographs have been featured on the cover of Newsweek 43 times and are published frequently in the world’s most prestigious publications. He has worked in over 90 countries and has witnessed most major stories of international geo-political and historic significance in the last thirty years.
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- PublisherPerseus Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0789203286
- ISBN 13 9780789203281
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages231
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