Tate Britain presents a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary British photographer Don McCullin
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This exhibition showcases some of the most impactful photographs captured over the last 60 years. It includes many of his iconic war photographs – including images from Vietnam, Northern Ireland and more recently Syria. But it also focuses on the work he did at home in England, recording scenes of poverty and working class life in London’s East End and the industrial north, as well as meditative landscapes of his beloved Somerset, where he lives.Sir Don McCullin was born in 1935 and grew up in a deprived area of north London. He got his first break when a newspaper published his photograph of friends who were in a local gang. From the 1960s he forged a career as probably the UK’s foremost war photographer, primarily working for the Sunday Times Magazine. His unforgettable and sometimes harrowing images are accompanied in the show with his brutally honest commentaries.With over 250 photographs, all printed by McCullin himself in his own darkroom, this exhibition will be a unique opportunity to appreciate the scope and achievements of his entire career.
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Don McCullinShell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue
1968, printed 2013
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
© Don McCullin
Don McCullinCyprus
1964, printed 2013
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
© Don McCullin
Don McCullinNear Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
1961
Tate
© Don McCullin
Don McCullin, The Guvnors in their Sunday Suits, Finsbury Park, London 1958 © Don McCullin
Don McCullin, People of the Karo tribe 2004 © Don McCullin
Don McCullinCatholic Youths Attacking British Soldiers in the Bogside of Londonderry
1971, printed 2013
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
© Don McCullin
Don McCullin, Local Boys in Bradford 1972 © Don McCullin
Don McCullinA Palestinian Mother in Her Destroyed House, Sabra Camp
1982, printed 2013
ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
© Don McCullin
Don McCullin, Strange travellers-a destitute Tibetan family in the booking hall of railway station at dawn, Delhi 1965 © Don McCullin
Don McCullin, Consett, County Durham 1974 © Don McCullin
Don McCullin, Seaside pier on the south coast, Eastbourne, UK 1970s © Don McCullin
Don McCullin, Woods Near My House, c.1991 Tate Purchased 2012 © Don McCullin
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Dates
5 February – 6 May 2019
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Supported by
The Don McCullin Exhibition Supporters Circle
Tim Jefferies and Hamiltons GalleryThe Mead Family Foundation
and Tate Patrons