Don Mccullin War Photography

One of the 20 th century s greatest photographers.

Don mccullin war photography. Don mccullin one of the world s finest photographers of war and disaster said the digital revolution meant viewers could no longer trust the truthfulness of images they see. In this film mccullin discusses this diversity of subject matter and reflects on his photographs displayed at tate britain in 2012. A camera and a copy of unreasonable behaviour don mccullin s autobiography about his life as a. His career which began in 1959 has specialised in examining the underside of society and his photographs have depicted the unemployed downtrodden and the impoverished.

Although known to many as a war photographer don mccullin has also captured subjects including urban london the industrial north and the english countryside. As a new exhibition of work by don mccullin opens in london fiona macdonald takes a look at gripping images of war and poverty by one of britain s greatest living photographers. His camera has captured conflict from northern ireland to vietnam. During the early years of world war ii that area was hit with more than two dozen high explosive bombs dropped by german planes.

He went into conflict zones with little equipment in a low key unostentatious way. The three books comprise over 1300 pages of print and more than 700 of his most iconic photographs and previously unpublished images curated by don and reproduced from vintage or wholly new prints made in his own darkroom. Sir donald mccullin cbe born 9 october 1935 is a british photojournalist particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. W hen the photographer giles duley was 18 years old he was given two presents by his godfather.

This three volume boxed set is the definitive retrospective of the life and work of don mccullin. At the age of 15 in 1950 he left school and joined the national service as a photographic assistant in the royal air force. Unlike the popular image of a war photographer mccullin was never gung ho or flash. He learnt quickly as a first priority how to extricate himself from tricky situations and just as importantly how to smuggle his film out if necessary.

An exhibition at tate britain in london shows some of his.