Peter Turner (writer and photographer)

Peter Turner (1947—2005) was a photographer, curator, and writer.

Turner was born in London on 3 February 1947. He studied photography at the Guildford School of Art.^[1] Turner became assistant editor of Creative Camera in the 1970s, and also curated exhibitions; his own photography was exhibited in the Side Gallery (Newcastle)^[1]

Turner set up the short-lived publisher Travelling Light in 1980.^[1] Its publications included the first edition of Chris Steele-Perkins' The Teds.

In 1986, Turner returned to Creative Camera as editor, welcoming colour photography and tolerating the photographic work of "artists".^[1]

In 1991, Turner left Creative Camera and Britain, moving with his partner, Heather Forbes, to New Zealand. He taught at colleges and wrote for The New Zealand Journal of Photography. After suffering from multiple sclerosis, he died in Wellington on 1 August 2005.^[1]

Paul Hill writes that "he will always be remembered for the 'creative years' of Creative Camera."^[1]

Books by Turner

• P. H. Emerson: Photographer of Norfolk. Godine Photographic Monographs 2. Boston: Godine, 1974. Gordon Fraser Photographic Monographs 2. London: Gordon Fraser, 1974. ISBN 0879231068. With Richard Wood. On P. H. Emerson.
• Other Eyes: An Exhibition of Photographs Taken in the British Isles. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. ISBN 0728701022.
• American Images 1945–80. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985. ISBN 0-14-007988-2. New York: Viking, 1985. ISBN 0-670-80619-6.
• The History of Photography. Twickenham: Hamlyn, 1987. ISBN 0-600-50270-8. Twickenham: Hamlyn, 1988. ISBN 0-600-56114-3. New York: Exeter, 1987. ISBN 0671089234. Greenwich: Brompton, 1990. ISBN 0-86124-312-9.
• Photo Texts. London: Travelling Light, 1988. ISBN 0906333229. With Gerry Badger. Essays.
• Photography and Paradox. Wellington: New Zealand Centre for Photography, 1999. ISBN 0473057999. Essays.

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