A horizontal color photograph of a line of people with their hands behind their heads, fingers interlocked. The man closest to the camera is the only one in focus, he is wearing a green t-shirt and a green hat. There is a line of people that are out of focus in front of him, there is also an out-of-focus police officer.

Peter Turnley began photographing in 1972 in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He and his twin brother, David, photographed the life of the inner-city, working-Class McClellan Street, working to give a voice to the heart of America. Since this early project, his photographs have always drawn attention to the plight of those who have suffered great hardships or injustice, while finding that many aspects of life are also beautiful, poetic, just and inspirational.

Turnley’s photographs have been on the cover of Newsweek magazine 43 times. He has worked in over 90 countries photographing world conflicts including the Gulf War, the Rwandan genocide, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall and Nelson Mandela’s walk out of prison. He was present at “Ground Zero” in New York City on September 11, 2001 and in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His most recent book “A New York-Paris Visual Diary: The Human Face of Covid-19” is a visual tribute to the humanity of all the heroes and victims of the invisible enemy of the Covid-19 virus in 2020.