Best photographic reporting from abroad for magazines and books
AWARD YEAR: 1989
AWARD NAME: The Olivier Rebbot Award 1989
RECIPIENT: Peter Turnley
AFFILIATION: Newsweek
HONORED WORK: “Ceausescu, The Fall of a Dictator”
Peter Turnley, twin brother of David Turnley, masterfully covered the revolution in the streets of Bucharest; the judges were also influenced by the scope of his coverage in 1989 in Beijing, East Germany and Czechoslovakia, as well as by his photographs of Armenia one year after the earthquake.
Citations for Excellence:
William Frank Gentile
His picture book, “Nicaragua,” about war and everyday life in that country.
James Nachtwey
LIFE
His picture story, “Death Zone,” about famine in Ethiopia.