Tyrone Turner

Award-winning photojournalist Tyrone Turner's photographic assignments have taken him from Brazil to Baghdad. A veteran National Geographic photographer and workshop leader, Tyrone lived in Brazil on a fellowship and documented the country for more than two years. A native of New Orleans, Tyrone shot images of New Orleans and the Louisiana Bayou for several National Geographic articles, including “New Orleans: A Perilous Future” in the August 2007 issue, and for a special edition on Hurricane Katrina. Most recently, Tyrone's photos of Brazil's maroon people, the Quilombolas, were featured in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine.