Legend of photojournalism - Don McCullin
The award-winning photojournalist looks back over his 50 year career on the front line. Witness to armed conflict and atrocity on battlefields around the world, these devastating experiences changed his motivation. The conflicting emotions still haunt him. An interview to mark the opening of Shaped by War at the Imperial War Museum, the first major retrospective exhibition of Don McCullin's work.
I had to watch this short video twice. The first time was all about the pictures. I heard the words but was not registering them fully, images were my focus-the composition, lighting, people, emotions... and they are powerful enough. The second time I closed my eyes and listened to what Don McCullin had to say about his work and life as a war photographer. I was surprised to find myself seeing all the images he was talking about in my mind. Somehow my brain registered everything without me noticing it. Extremely moving and thought provoking.