"Life as a Photojournalist"

Faculty members of Marshall Simonds Middle School and Burlington High School’s Evening Academy are pleased to announce an evening lecture by renowned photographer Peter Turnley entitled “Life as a Photojournalist.”  Mr. Turnley is also an accomplished speaker in the historical realm, having been given exclusive photo opportunities and interviews with many public figures, often leaders of reviled political regimes.  Mr. Turnley will offer his photographic experiences as they relate to modern history.

 Becoming an actual photographer was quite a serendipitous event.  Peter was a star football athlete in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana until knee surgery forced him to the sidelines.  During his hospitalization, Peter’s parents gave him a book by the French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and at the age of 16, Peter Turnley discovered photography and became one of the world’s most respected and widely published photo journalists of the human condition and current events.

 Over the past two decades, Mr. Turnley has traveled to eighty-five countries and covered nearly every major news event of international significance, including many governmental uprisings and natural disasters.  His photographs have been featured on the cover of Newsweek more than forty times.

 This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by a grant awarded through the Burlington Education Foundation.  

Photo credit:  Frank Barnako