Journey to the Woman I’ve Come to Love is a 190-page book, which features stunning black-and-white photos of 91 women.  It includes celebrities such as Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Naomi Judd, Gladys Knight, Jenifer Lewis, Sanaa Lathan, Laurel Holloman, Jane Lynch, Dana Delany, Felicity Huffman, Kristin Davis and Della Reese; civil rights icons such as Angela Davis, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Diane Nash, Joan Mulholland, Sonia Sanchez; she-roes such as Nikki Giovanni, Leymah Gbowee, Gloria Steinem and extraordinary women whose names you might not know. You will want all the women in your life, along with the men, to experience their journeys.

It’s not just a book, it’s a movement. Turner and some of the featured women are available to speak at events during WHM or do signings.

“This has been a fascination ‘journey’ for me,” Turner says.  “My motivation to do this project really started in the early ’90s when I began to feel immense love for myself, a love affair that continues to this day.  It is a revelation that made me curious as to how others came to that same place of peace.”

Turner’s first book signing was held Jan. 20 in Los Angeles, hosted by award-winning artist Synthia Saint James. The more than 50 people that attended had the opportunity to hear some of the women featured in the book talk live about their journey to loving themselves.

Turner is an award-winning photojournalist who has loved the art of taking pictures since she was a child growing up in Ohio.  Her first camera was a Polaroid Swinger and she’s been upgrading her equipment ever since.  A former sportswriter for the Oakland Tribune, ESPN.com and other newspapers, Turner has also been a television and website producer, editor, videographer and still photographer covering sports and entertainment. Her work has appeared in Essence, Ebony, Jet, MSNBC.com, AOL.com, BET.com, TV One, BET and in several international publications.  She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Television Critics Association and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Turner, a graduate of Hampton University, resides in Los Angeles.

 Journey to the Woman I’ve Come to Love is available on Amazon’s Create Space website, https://www.createspace.com/3939932 . Or you can purchase an autographed copy at www.mikiphotola.blogspot.com. The purchase price is $25.