David Turnley was born in Indiana in 1955. He attended college at the University of Michigan, receiving a B.A. in French Literature in 1977. He became a staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press in 1980.
In 1985, Turnley went to South Afirca shoot a project called "South Africans Under Apartheid." For this body of work, he won an Oscar Barnack Award, the Overseas Press Club Award and the Canon Essay Award.
In 1989, Turnley along with his twin, Peter, went to Beijing, China to shoot a joint project called "Beijing Spring." They covered the students' peaceful demonstrations at Tiananmen Square and the authorities who attempted to silence them with martial law.
Late in 1989, Turnley traveled to Europe to witness the fall of communism. They captured the fall of the Berlin Wall, the overthrow of the Ceausescu regime and exuberance of freedom all over Easter Europe. In 1990, He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Robert Capa Award.
In 1991, Turnley went to the Middle East to cover the Persian-Gulf War. However, there were srtict guidlines pertaining to what the media could show the public, so Turnley focuced on the actual lives of the G.I.'s rather than combat shots. That year, the World Press Photo Foundation awarded him with Photo of the Year.
David Turnley has several books including "Beijing Spring," "moments of Revolution: Eastern Europe" and "The Russian Heart." His work has also been published many times in magazines such as Life and National Geographic.
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