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Don McCullin – War and Peace

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Don McCullin – War and Peace

Don McCullin survived the Blitz and braved bullets in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Now Britain’s greatest photo journalist joins us to celebrate his 90th birthday.

“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” 

Born in poverty and raised in the Blitz, Don McCullin secured his first commission at the age of 23 from the Observer. He went on to become the most distinguished photojournalist of the twentieth century. Now, in his ninetieth year, he joins us in conversation to share stories from an extraordinary life. 

McCullin travelled to every major conflict zone of his lifetime. Reluctant to let the label of ‘war photographer’ define him, he produced powerful essays on places and peoples that had had few encounters with the Western world. Closer to home, his work documented homelessness in the East End and the working classes of Britain’s industrialised cities. 

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‘I need a challenge. My greatest fear is sitting and staring out of a window without the passion to do anything anymore.‘
Don McCullin

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