Pete Turner

Donald Peter Turner (May 30, 1934 – September 18, 2017) was an American photographer.

In 1986, Turner published his first monograph, Pete Turner Photographs (Abrams). His second book, Pete Turner African Journey (Graphis Inc., 2001), documents Turner's many adventures in Africa, beginning with his trek in 1959 from Cape Town to Cairo with Wally Byam's famous Airstream caravan. The Color of Jazz (Rizzoli, 2006) is a comprehensive collection of his provocative album covers for CTI Records among many others.

Life and work Critic A. D. Coleman described the work of Turner as having "A dramatist's sense of event, intense and saturated coloration, and a distinct if indescribable otherness are omnipresent in Turner's images".

He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1956 along with classmates Bruce Davidson and Jerry Uelsmann.

Photo District News voted him as one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time and in 1981 the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) awarded him its Outstanding Achievement in Photography honor.

His photographs are in the permanent collections of many major museums, including the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. The George Eastman House in Rochester is the depository of Turner's life's work and where his retrospective exhibition, Pete Turner: Empowered by Color, opened in 2007.

Turner died September 18, 2017, at his home on Long Island, New York.

Contributions to LP covers The Sound of New York, Kenyon Hopkins – ABC Paramount, 1959 Lonelyville 'The Nervous Beat, The Creed Taylor Orchestra – ABC Paramount, 1959 The Best of the Barrack Ballads, The Creed Taylor Orchestra – ABC Paramount, 1959 The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson – Impulse!, 1961 Motion, Lee Konitz – Verve, 1961 Perceptions, Dizzy Gillespie – Verve, 1961 Focus, Stan Getz – Verve, 1961 In a Latin Bag, Cal Tjader – Verve, 1961 Live at the Village Vanguard, John Coltrane – Impulse!, 1962 The Quintessence, Quincy Jones – Impulse!, 1962 Further Definitions, Benny Carter – Impulse!, 1962 Statements, Milt Jackson – Impulse!, 1962 Count Basie and the Kansas City 7, Count Basie – Impulse!, 1962 All the Sad Young Men, Anita O'Day – Verve, 1962 Saturday Night/Sunday Night, Cal Tjader – Verve, 1962 Pike's Peak, The Dave Pike Quartet – Epic, 1962 Coltrane, John Coltrane – Impulse!, 1962 Night Train Oscar Peterson – Verve, 1963 Wave, Antônio Carlos Jobim – CTI, 1967 Soft Samba Strings, Gary McFarland – Verve, 1967 A Day in the Life, Wes Montgomery – A&M, 1967 Trust in Me, Soul Flutes – A&M/CTI, 1967 We and the Sea, Tamba 4 – A&M/CTI, 1968 Samba Blim, Tamba 4 – A&M/CTI, 1968 Down Here on the Ground, Wes Montgomery – A&M/CTI, 1968 Road Song, Wes Montgomery – A&M/CTI, 1968 Soul Machine, Richard Barbary – A&M/CTI, 1968 Have You Meet Miss Jones, Artie Butler – A&M/CTI, 1968 Glory of Love, Herbie Mann – A&M/CTI, 1968 You, Baby, Nat Adderley – A&M/CTI, 1968 Shape of Things to Come, George Benson – A&M/CTI, 1968 When It Was Done – Walter Wanderley – A&M/CTI, 1968 Moondreams – Walter Wanderley – A&M/CTI, 1969 Summertime, Paul Desmond – A&M/CTI, 1968 Betwixt & Between, J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding – A&M/CTI, 1969 Walking In Space, Quincy Jones – A&M/CTI, 1969 Tell It Like It Is, George Benson – A&M/CTI, 1969 Calling Out Loud, Nat Adderley – A&M/CTI, 1969 Courage, Milton Nascimento – A&M/CTI, 1969 From The Hot Afternoon, Paul Desmond – A&M/CTI, 1969 Gula Matari, Quincy Jones – A&M/CTI, 1970 Tide, Antônio Carlos Jobim – A&M/CTI, 1970 Starbones, J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding – A&M/CTI, 1970 Sugar, Stanley Turrentine – CTI, 1970 Crying Song, Hubert Laws – CTI, 1970 Stone Flower, Antônio Carlos Jobim – CTI, 1970 Joe Farrell Quartet, Joe Farrell – CTI, 1970 Black Out, Fats Theus – CTI, 1970 Montreux II, Bill Evans – CTI, 1970 California Concert, CTI All Stars – CTI, 1971 Straight Life, Freddie Hubbard – CTI, 1971 Beyond the Blue Horizon, George Benson – CTI, 1971 Salt Song, Stanley Turrentine – CTI, 1971 First Light, Freddie Hubbard – CTI, 1971 Outback, Joe Farrell – CTI, 1971 God Bless The Child, Kenny Burrell – CTI, 1971 Gilberto with Turrentine, Astrud Gilberto – CTI, 1971 Killer, Alice Cooper – Warner Bros., 1971 Shebaba, Bola Sete – Fantasy, 1971 Afro-Classic, Hubert Laws – CTI, 1972 White Rabbit, George Benson – CTI, 1972 Free, Airto Moreira – CTI, 1972 All the King's Horses, Grover Washington, Jr. – Kudu, 1972 Soul Story, Charles Earland – Prestige, 1972 Morning Star, Hubert Laws – CTI, 1972 Time & Love, Jackie & Roy – CTI, 1972 Sky Dive, Freddie Hubbard – CTI, 1972 Prelude, Deodato – CTI, 1973 Sunflower, Milt Jackson – CTI, 1973 Fingers, Airto Moreira – CTI, 1973 Blue Moses, Randy Weston – CTI, 1973 Blues Farm, Ron Carter – CTI, 1973 Keep Your Soul Together, Freddie Hubbard – CTI, 1973 Giant Box, Don Sebesky – CTI, 1973 Upon This Rock, Joe Farrell – CTI, 1974 Goodbye, Milt Jackson – CTI, 1974 Higher Ground, Johnny Hammond – Kudu, 1974 Skylark, Paul Desmond – CTI, 1974 Rambler, Gabor Szabo – CTI, 1974 She Was Too Good To Me, Chet Baker – CTI, 1974 Bad Benson, George Benson – CTI, 1974 A Wilder Alias, Jackie & Roy – CTI, 1974 Olinga, Milt Jackson – CTI, 1974 Gambler's Life, Johnny Hammond – Salvation, 1974 Concierto, Jim Hall – CTI, 1975 Canned Funk, Joe Farrell – CTI, 1975 I Hear A Symphony, Hank Crawford – Kudu, 1975 Good King Bad, George Benson – CTI, 1976 Black Widow, Lalo Schifrin – CTI, 1976 The San Francisco Concert, Hubert Laws – CTI, 1977 Greatest Hits, Steely Dan – ABC, 1978 Space, George Benson – CTI, 1978 Pulsion, Jacques Loussier – CBS, 1979 Night Passage, Weather Report – CBS, 1980 Silk, Fuse One – CTI, 1981 Studio Trieste, Jim Hall/Chet Baker/Hubert Laws – CTI, 1982 N.Y. Connection, David Matthews – Electric Bird, 1982 Gershwin Carmichael Cats, Roland Hanna – CTI, 1983 In My Life, Patti Austin – CTI, 1983 Red On Red, Claudio Roditi – CTI, 1984 Live at Felt Forum, Deodato – CTI/CBS, 1988 Rhythmstick, Dizzy Gillespie and CTI Records All-Stars – CTI, 1990 Song of the Sun, Jim Beard – CTI, 1991 We Are Family '93, Sister Sledge – Atlantic, 1993 Grooves In The Temple, Jorge Pescara – JSR, 2005 Live at Montreux 2009, CTI All Stars – CTI, 2010 Saga, Rodrigo Lima – JSR, 2014