People in the News, 1st prize
David Turnley
Detroit Free Press / Black Star / Life
Detroit Free Press / Black Star / Life
01 January, 1985
Bishop Desmond Tutu between nuns in Soweto, South Africa. In the face of official entrenchment in defense of the system of apartheid, which claimed hundreds of victims in 1985, Bishop Tutu continued the peace-making efforts that brought him the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
David Turnley
American photojournalist David C. Turnley (Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1955) is the winner of two World Press Photo of the Year awards, one Pulitzer Prize, and the Overseas Press Club’s...
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