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Don McCullin

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Photography 1960s

Photography 1970s

Photography 1980s

Date unknown

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1964, printed 2013 Photograph on paper 508 x 610 mm

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 406 x 508 mm

1965, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 406 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 406 x 508 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 406 x 508 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 381 x 508 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

Mid–1970s, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1970s, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

Date not known, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

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About

Don McCullin (b. 1935) is one of the world's greatest photojournalists, famous around the world for his work in conflict zones from Northern Ireland to Vietnam.

McCullin learned his trade in the Royal Air Force in the 1950s, during which time he was deployed in the Suez, Kenya and Cyprus. He first came to prominence with the publication of a series of pictures of a London street gang in the 'Observer' newspaper in 1959, which took him on as a photojournalist. In the ensuing years he published acclaimed images of the construction of the Berlin Wall, protests against the Cuban Missile Crisis and the 1964 Congo crisis (for which he disguised himself as a mercenary). The following year, McCullin made the first of his fifteen trips to Vietnam. His bravery and commitment became legendary, and in the course of his career he suffered serious injury while on assignment in El Salvador and Cambodia. In the latter case, his life was saved by his camera when it intercepted a Khmer Rouge bullet.

The photographs in ARTIST ROOMS exemplify McCullin's ability to bring his audience almost unbearably close to the experience of people living under conditions that we can barely imagine. His work documents the second part of a century riven by war, mass emigration, famine and political upheaval on a vast scale, focusing on the particular and in each case unique plight of individual men, women and children.

Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland would like to acknowledge the artist's generosity in donating 'Shell Shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue 1968', printed 2013, to the ARTIST ROOMS collection. A further 38 works are in the process of entering the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

Films

TateShots: Don McCullin

Don McCullin sees his photographs as a 'silent protest against the futility of war'. In this TateShots he remembers the people and places of some of his most powerful work.

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Murder in a Turkish Village, 1964

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

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Turkish Defenders Waiting for the Attack, Limassol, Cyprus, 1964

1964, printed 2013 Photograph on paper 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01185

Cyprus, 1964

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 419 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01184

The Murder of a Turkish Shepherd, Cyprus Civil War, 1964

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01183

The Cyprus Civil War, Limassol, Cyprus, 1964

1964, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 406 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01182

Mercenary with Congolese Family, 1965

1965, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01205

Starving Twenty Four Year Old Mother with Child, Biafra, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01204

Biafra, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01203

Shell Shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01201

A Dead North Vietnamese Soldier, The Battle of Hue, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01200

US Marines Tormenting an Old Vietnamese Civilian, The Battle for the City of Hue, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01199

US Marine with a Captured North Vietnamese Soldier, The Battle of Hue, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01198

South Vietnam, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01197

The Battle for the City of Hue, South Vietnam, US Marine Inside Civilian House, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01196

A Young Dead North Vietnamese Soldier with His Possessions, 1968

1968, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 406 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01195

Northern Ireland, The Bogside, Londonderry, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 406 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR 01189

Catholic Youths Attacking British Soldiers in the Bogside of Londonderry, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 406 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

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The Bogside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 381 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR 01187

Palestinian Fighter Training in Beirut, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01217

A Young Lebanese Christian Woman Throwing a Hand Grenade from the Holiday Inn Hotel, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01215

Palestinians Training in Beirut, Mid–1970s

Mid–1970s, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01214

The Destroyed Commercial Section of Beirut During the Civil War, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01213

The Old Couple, of Palestinians Allowed to Leave the Massacre, Karantina, East Beirut, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01212

Palestinians Training in West Beirut, 1970s

1970s, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01211

A Dead Palestinian Woman, while in the Background Christian Phalange Fighters were Looting Palestinian Farmers, Beirut, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01210

Young Christian Youth Celebrating the Death of a Young Palestinian Girl, Beirut, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01209

Palestinian Family whose Fathers were Murdered by Christian Phalange in Karantina, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01208

Palestinian Refugees Fleeing East Beirut Massacre, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01207

Christian Phalange Gunmen in the Holiday Inn Hotel, Beirut, 1976

1976, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01206

British Soldiers in The Bogside, Londonderry, Arresting Catholic Youth, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01192

Gangs of Boys Escaping C.S. Gas Fired by British Soldiers, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01193

A Jubilant Catholic Youth After Stoning British Soldiers, The Bogside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

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A Jubilant Catholic Youth After Stoning British Soldiers, The Bogside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

1971, printed 2013

Photograph on paper

610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01191

British Soldiers Holding a Catholic Youth, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1971

1971, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01190

A Lebanese Family Leaving the Martyrs Cemetery, Beirut, 1982

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01220

After the Massacre of Sabra Camp in Beirut, 1982

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01219

A Palestinian Mother in Her Destroyed House, Sabra Camp, 1982

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01218

Destroyed Part of West Beirut due to Israeli bombing, 1982

1982, printed 2013, Photograph on paper, 508 x 610 mm

© Don McCullin

AR01216

South Africa, Zambia

Date not known, Photograph on paper, 610 x 508 mm

© Don McCullin

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