David Turner, a former WWD and Hearst Publications photographer, died on June 18 at the age of 64.
A man of multiple talents, whose demanding nature extended to other pursuits such as teaching, baking and trumpet playing, Turner was not inclined to do anything half-heartedly. During a seventeen-year career as a staff photographer at WWD that began in 1989, Turner's specialty was portraits of high-profile designers such as Ralph Lauren and Karl Lagerfeld and celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. That tenure, which included assignments for W magazine, ended in 2006 with his departure to Hearst Magazines. There, ...
