The Robert Capa Gold Medal 1989

Best photographic reporting or interpretation from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise

AWARD YEAR: 1989

AWARD NAME: The Robert Capa Gold Medal 1989

RECIPIENT: David Turnley

AFFILIATION: Black Star and The Detroit Free Press

HONORED WORK: “Revolutions in China and Romania”

David Turnley was attacked in Tiananmen Square, and his camera was destroyed beneath the feet of soldiers; using borrowed equipment he was able to file pictures daily from Beijing. In Romania he was one of the first photographers to enter the country after the ousting of President Ceausescu. His pictures captured soldiers and civilians as purveyors, victims and, finally, spectators to the brutal revolution.

Citations for Excellence:

Jeff Widener
The Associated Press
Pictures from the Beijing uprising

Christopher Morris
Black Star and TIME
Coverage of the U.S. invasion of Panama