Peter Turner

Peter Turner (3 February 1947 – 1 August 2005) was a photographer, curator, and writer. He was the longest-serving editor of Creative Camera.

Early life and education Turner was born in London on 3 February 1947. He studied photography at Guildford School of Art (now University for the Creative Arts) between 1965 and 1968.

Life and work He began working at SLR magazine where he learned the journalist's trade and encountered Creative Camera. In 1969, following the departure of founding editor Bill Jay, Turner became assistant editor to Creative Camera'''s founder and publisher, Colin Osman. and tolerating the photographic work of "fine artists". and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. He edited a number of photography books and his own photography was exhibited in the Side Gallery in Newcastle. and wrote for The New Zealand Journal of Photography.After suffering from multiple sclerosis, he died in Wellington on 1 August 2005.

PublicationsP. H. Emerson: Photographer of Norfolk. Godine Photographic Monographs 2. Boston: Godine, 1974. Gordon Fraser Photographic Monographs 2. London: Gordon Fraser, 1974. . 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. .American Images 1945–1980. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985. . New York: Viking, 1985. . The History of Photography. Twickenham: Hamlyn, 1987. . Twickenham: Hamlyn, 1988. . New York: Exeter, 1987. . Greenwich: Brompton, 1990. .Photo Texts. London: Travelling Light, 1988. . With Gerry Badger. Essays.Photography and Paradox.'' Wellington: New Zealand Centre for Photography, 1999. . Essays.