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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Peter Turnley (French-American, b. 1955)

Peter Turnley is renowned for his photography of the realities of the human condition. His photographs have been featured on the cover of Newsweek forty-three times and are published frequently in many of the world’s most prestigious publications. He has worked in over ninety countries and has witnessed most major stories of international geopolitical and historic significance in the last forty years.

Kannapolis, North Carolina by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Kannapolis, North Carolina, 1986
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
A mass grave. by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • A mass grave., 1994
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
A wake for Essau Patterson, a US soldier killed in Iraq in Ridgeland, South Carolina by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • A wake for Essau Patterson, a US soldier killed..., 2004
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Couples traveling on the Moscow River, Moscow, Russia by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Couples traveling on the Moscow River, Moscow, ..., 1988
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Memorial, New York City, September by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Memorial, New York City, September, 2001
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Ground Zero, New York City, Sept. 12 by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Ground Zero, New York City, Sept. 12, 2001
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Refugees from the War in Kosovo, Macedonia by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Refugees from the War in Kosovo, Macedonia, 1999
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
New York City, Sept. 15 by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • New York City, Sept. 15, 2001
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
The Funeral of Indira Gandhi, New Delhi by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • The Funeral of Indira Gandhi, New Delhi, 1984
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Ground Zero, New York City, Sept. 13 by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Ground Zero, New York City, Sept. 13, 2001
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Manhattan, New York City, Sept. 18 by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • Manhattan, New York City, Sept. 18, 2001
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)
The text on the front of the Bolshoi Theater reads: "To the heath of the communist part of the soviet union!", Moscow, Russia by Peter Turnley
  • Peter Turnley
  • The text on the front of the Bolshoi Theater re..., 1986
Archival pigment print
20 x 24 in
(50.8 x 60.96 cm)