John Rohrbach of Color Magazine writes that as a child Pete Turner used the money he won playing gin rummy with his fathers musician friends to buy colorful postage stamps. What is it with photographers? I recently read that Minor White collected thousands of post cards. In Fact, Minor White would sometimes mail his friends post cards during his travels and then demand that his friends return the post cards after they were read.
Anyway, I'm just a young grasshopper in the world of photography, but when I came across John Rohrbachs' article, Pete Turner: The Doctor No of Color, I was smitten. Did someone say color? Turner pimps color like it's nobodies business. And I love it! Check out this photograph taken in 1970 titled Push. Color, form, and content merge to create one hell of a seamless photograph. Pete Turner is a zen master of color. He mixes color like a hip hop DJ spins his rhythm and jive. Yes, it's loud and in your face, and it's undeniably brilliant.
I like the way you write. :)
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