Don McCullin

born 1935

Don McCullin, ‘Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue’ 1968, printed 2013
Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue 1968, printed 2013
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Biography

Sir Donald McCullin, CBE, Hon FRPS (born 9 October 1935), is a British photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife. 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.

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Artworks

Don McCullin, ‘Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue’ 1968, printed 2013

Don McCullin Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue

1968, printed 2013
AR01201
Don McCullin, ‘Cyprus’ 1964, printed 2013

Don McCullin Cyprus

1964, printed 2013
AR01184
Don McCullin, ‘Young Christian Youth Celebrating the Death of a Young Palestinian Girl, Beirut’ 1976, printed 2013

Don McCullin Young Christian Youth Celebrating the Death of a Young Palestinian Girl, Beirut

1976, printed 2013
AR01209
Don McCullin, ‘Northern Ireland, Londonderry’ 1971, printed 2013

Don McCullin Northern Ireland, Londonderry

1971, printed 2013
AR01194
Don McCullin, ‘Starving Twenty Four Year Old Mother with Child, Biafra’ 1968, printed 2013

Don McCullin Starving Twenty Four Year Old Mother with Child, Biafra

1968, printed 2013
AR01204
Don McCullin, ‘The Battlefields of the Somme, France’ 2000

Don McCullin The Battlefields of the Somme, France

2000
P80136
Don McCullin, ‘A Dead North Vietnamese Soldier, The Battle of Hue’ 1968, printed 2013

Don McCullin A Dead North Vietnamese Soldier, The Battle of Hue

1968, printed 2013
AR01200
Don McCullin, ‘The Cyprus Civil War, Limassol, Cyprus’ 1964, printed 2013

Don McCullin The Cyprus Civil War, Limassol, Cyprus

1964, printed 2013
AR01182
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Film and audio

Don McCullin: 'A silent protest about the futility of war'

Watch the artist remember the people and places from some of his most powerful work

Don McCullin: 'I hate being known as a war photographer'

Watch the artist talk about a selection of his photographs

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