Hutton Honors College
— Covering the World
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 Discussion Supper: Covering the World—with photographer Peter Turnley.
This is a small-group program and requires participants to sign up in advance. Participants must be IU undergraduates and must sign up using the established procedures. For complete sign-up procedures, click here.In the past 20 years, Peter Turnley has covered most major international news events, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, and conflicts in the Balkans, Somalia, Rwanda, Chechnya, Haiti, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and the Middle East, as well as the 1991 Gulf War, the events of 9/11, and the current war in Iraq. He has also covered many of the world's most famous people but has made a personal commitment to document the plight of the world's refugee populations. His pictures capture powerful and painful images of war, poverty, and disaster, as well as humanistic portraits of the "Family of Man." His photographs have appeared in Newsweek (including 43 covers), Time, The New York Times, The London Sunday Times, National Geographic, Le Monde, Paris Match, Stern, and other major publications around the world. Currently a contributing editor/photographer for Harpers Magazine, he has published four books, Beijing Spring, Moments of Revolution, In Times of War and Peace, and Parisians. Join us for supper to talk with Mr. Turnley about the events and people he has covered as well as his career as a photographer. More on Mr. Turnley and examples of his work can be found at http://www.peterturnley.com. The supper is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program and the Hutton Honors College. Peter Turnley's visit to campus is hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study; and he will give a Branigin Lecture, "Moments of the Human Condition-A Visual Tour of World Affairs and the Family of Man During the Past Twenty Five Years," on Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in Fine Arts 015. Peter Turnley's
Parisians on The Digital Journalist.
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