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Bold color and striking compositions are at the core of Pete Turner’s extraordinary vision.  Critic A.D. Coleman wrote of Turner’s work, “A dramatist’s sense of event, intense and saturated coloration, and a distinct if indescribable otherness are omnipresent in Turner’s images. You have seen his work in magazines and books, on record jackets, billboards, and posters–and as original, signed prints.” George Eastman House Associate Curator of Exhibitions Jeanne Verhulst discusses images that have influenced generations of photographers and continue to inspire the way we see. 

In 1959, an expedition from Capetown to Cairo was a turning point in Turner’s career. In 1967, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York exhibited “The Giraffe” from a 1964 expedition. A controversial image for the time, the giraffe, silhouetted against a brilliant red sky, illustrated his growing interest in treating color as a graphic element. A master colorist, he broke all the rules in a pre-computer era. Turner has continued his explorations of color and composition with a keen interest in the monumental point of view that often creates a surrealistic effect. 

Pete Turner: Empowered by Color is a traveling exhibition that gathers together 61 photographs representing all of the facets of Turner’s career, including early work from his first African expedition in 1959 to his latest work of architectural spaces in Mexico through 2005.

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Rick Hock, Director of Exhibitions of George Eastman House and Janet Infarinato, Copy Editor/Publications Coordinator of George Eastman House, discuss the exhibit Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers.

Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers is a spectacular selection of photographs, films, and artifacts from Mexico City that provide a journey through the real and imaginary world of the Mexican lucha libre (free form) wrestling scene. The images of Lucha Libre! Masked Mexican Wrestlers span more than six decades, integrating journalistic assignments, portrait photography, documentaries, and artistic projects.

With approximately 100 original prints and contemporary reproductions ranging from postcard size to photomurals, this impressively diverse exhibition includes three audiovisual projections and a film.

Created under the auspices of Fundación Televisa’s Visual Arts Division and George Eastman House, Lucha Libre! was curated by Orlando Jimenez and Alfonso Morales of Mexico City, who have both played a major role in the recent cultural reevaluation of wrestling in Mexico. 

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Todd Gustavson discusses the Lunar Orbiter Camera manufactured by Eastman Kodak, which is now a part of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film Technology Collection. As Curator of the Technology Collection, Mr. Gustavson curates one of the world’s largest collections of photographic and cinematographic equipment.  To learn more, please visit. To learn more, please visit George Eastman House. To donate, please click Donate Now!

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