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'''David C. Turnley''' is an [[United States|American]] [[photographer]]. He won the 1990 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for photography for [[image]]s of the political uprisings in [[China]] and [[Eastern Europe]], the [[World Press Photo]] Picture of the Year in 1988 for a photo taken in Leninakan after the devastating [[Armenia]]n [[earthquake]] and again in 1991 for a picture of a [[United States|U.S.]] [[Sergeant]] mourning the death of a fellow soldier during the [[Gulf War]], as well as the Overseas Press Club [[Robert Capa]] Gold Medal. He has been a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize in photography four times. |
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From 1985 to 1997, he also covered the struggle to end [[Apartheid]], revolutions in Eastern Europe, the [[student]] uprising in [[China]], [[war]]s in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] and in the Gulf and the fall of the [[Soviet Union]]. In addition to publishing numerous books,he has directed an Emmy-nominated documentary for CNN on the [[Dalai Lama]], and a feature length documentary set in Cuban dance hall, "[[La Tropical]]". |
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A fluent speaker of French and Spanish, he is a graduate of the [[University of Michigan]], and has studied at the [[Sorbonne]] and [[Harvard University]]. |
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==Books== |
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*''The Russian Heart: Days of Crisis and Hope.'' New York: Aperture, 1992. ISBN 0893815098. London: Phaidon, 1994. ISBN 0714828416. |
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*''Baghdad Blues: A War Diary.'' New York: Vendome, 2003. ISBN 086565235X. |
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*''Mandela: Struggle and Triumph.'' Abrams, 2008. ISBN 0810970929. |
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==Online contributions== |
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*http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0811/turnley-intro.html |
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*http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/external_organizing (Artist Shepard Fairey used Turnley's photo to build this Obama poster.) |
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[[Category:University of Paris alumni]] |
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Revision as of 16:00, 19 February 2010
He was fond of marijuana(also known as hash, hashish, grass, weed, pot etc.) Which derives from the cannabis plant, in which is from the hemp family.