Mary Turner is a news and documentary Panos Pictures photographer.

After beginning her career in press photography Mary became committed to telling the stories behind the news which led to her first major documentary project, the story of the Dale Farm Traveller community which she is continuing to work on today. This experience, building the trust and understanding that is so important to communication forms the core of her work on issues of survival among marginalisation.

Her work has been recognised internationally by bodies including the Philip Jones Griffiths Award, Amnesty International Media Award, the Sony World Photography Awards, China International Photo Contest, UK Picture Editors Guild and the Magenta Foundation. 

While working for the press worldwide Mary is represented by Panos Pictures.

Mary speaks English, French and gets by quite well in Arabic