About

Artist, printer, and explorer. Meg lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she produces prints, photography, and installation projects that respond to the landscape and the community she is part of.

In addition to her own work and contract printing, Meg serves as the master printer for local photogravure and wet collodion artist Josephine Sacabo. She shoots primarily with a 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera, working in both film and wet collodion.

Meg founded the New Orleans Community Printshop and has since stepped back from a leadership position, remaining connected to the city's vibrant print community.

Meg Turner's work emerges from a deep engagement with the physical materials of image-making. Whether working with a large-format press camera or preparing a plate for wet collodion, each step of the process is deliberate and tactile. The slow pace of these historical techniques suits the contemplative nature of her subjects, which often draw from the layered landscapes and architecture of the Gulf South. Shadows carry weight, and light becomes a sculptural element. There is no rush to the finished print; the making itself is a form of attention, a way of seeing that rewards patience and rewards the viewer with images that feel lived in rather than merely captured.

Beyond the studio, Turner's practice extends into community and collaboration. Her time as a master printer for other artists reflects a philosophy in which craft is shared rather than hoarded, and the printshop becomes a space for exchange. The founding of a community-focused printshop in New Orleans grew from this same impulse: a belief that access to tools and techniques matters. Even after stepping back from leadership, the ethos remains woven into how she works. The photograph or print becomes not just an object but a record of relationship—to place, to process, and to the people who make the work possible.