Meg Turner

Printmaker and photographer working out of New Orleans, Louisiana. Her practice spans 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 founded the New Orleans Community Printshop and has since stepped back from a leadership position to focus on her studio practice.

She shoots primarily with a 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera, working in film and wet collodion.

A circular portrait embedded in a dramatic magenta-to-indigo gradient field, with deep black edges framing the composition

Guides

  1. Interviewing Local Photographers in the French Quarter: A Field GuideThe French Quarter pulses with a kind of photographic energy that is hard to replicate anywhere else, and sitting down with the photographers who work those…
  2. A Day in the Life of a New Orleans PrintmakerMorning in New Orleans begins with heat, traffic, and the particular light that settles over the city after rain. For a printmaker and photographer, those…
  3. Prime Lenses for Street Photography: A Practical GuideFor street photographers, the lens you carry quietly shapes the kind of pictures you bring home. A fixed-focal-length lens — a prime — strips away the zoom and…
  4. How to safely dispose of darkroom chemistry in AustraliaDarkroom photography relies on chemicals that, if mishandled, pose real risks to waterways and soil. From silver-laden fixer to alkaline developers and acidic…
  5. Printmaking and Photography: Where Two Practices ConvergeFor centuries, photographers and printmakers have shared darkrooms, chemicals, and the patient rhythm of handmade production. Both ask the maker to slow down,…
  6. Cyanotype printing a timeless dance of sun and ironThere's something quietly magical about watching a pale yellow surface emerge from shadow into the bold, unmistakable Prussian blue of a finished cyanotype.…
  7. Darkroom Chemistry for the Australian PrintmakerWorking with film, wet collodion, and traditional silver gelatin prints has taught me that chemistry is the silent partner in every darkroom session. The…
  8. Why Film Photography Is Making a Comeback in the Digital AgeFilm photography is having a fresh moment. In an era of phone cameras, instant uploads and seemingly unlimited storage, photographers are returning to rolls of…
  9. The History And New Life Of PhotogravurePhotogravure occupies a distinctive place between photography and printmaking. It carries the tonal depth of a photograph while preserving the physical…
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