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Pete Turner: Master of Color Photography

Pete Turner is a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens

He did it again. Just when you think you've got him figured out, Pete Turner surprises you.

You decide that there is a signature Pete Turner image, one built on saturated color and bold graphics. Then you figure out that although he is legendary for his mastery of color, there is much more than color going on in a Pete Turner photograph. There are themes and stories. And there are mysteries: how often does he lead you toward the vanishing point and leave you wondering, what's beyond? Those doorways go....where? Those window frames look out on....what?

And so you know that you see things in a brand new way when you see them in a Pete Turner photograph.

You decide that he doesn't reinvent himself. And you're right, he doesn't. He says he doesn't know how, and figuring it out would take too long and consume too much energy. He's content to do what he's always done: follow his instincts.

And then, just when you think that he is, after all, reshuffling the same cards in different ways, he comes up with a whole new deck.

Like the photographs you see here, taken at the Westin Regina Resort Los Cabos in Baja California. The resort is the work of architect Javier Sordo Madaleno, and for Pete, its shapes and colors were irresistible. "I just had to go there and shoot," he says, but unlike his usual approach, this time the photography was purely for fun. "I just played around with it. I didn't think about being serious or even symmetrical. It was color and shape for its own sake."

And so, here's a new deck to play with: Pete Turner just having fun with colors and shapes.

In his career, Pete has done it all: advertising campaigns, editorial illustrations, photo essays, album covers, sporting events and celebrities. His work is in private collections, museums and galleries and has appeared in every major magazine in the country.