Don Mccullin

Accompanying a major retrospective at Tate Britain of iconic British photographer Don McCullin, this publication highlights all areas of McCullin's practice including his long career as a conflcit photographer; social documentary practice; travel assignments; and more recent engagement with landscape.

A native Londoner, McCullin (b.1935) began to take photographs in the1950s documenting his surroundings and local community, includingthe gangs in his local area. In 1958 his photograph The Guvnors, aportrait of a notorious Finsbury Park gang who were involved in themurder of a police officer was published in the Observer, launchinghis career as a photojournalist. He went onto become one of the bestknown war correspondents in the country. McCullin is best known as a photojournalist and war correspondent,recognised for his iconic images taken on assignment in Vietnam,Cyprus, Lebanon, and Biafra. However he also has consistently engagedwith social documentary practice in Britain, repeatedly visiting citiessuch as Bradford and Liverpool, and London's East End, documentingthe poverty experienced throughout the country. McCullin also hasa long an ongoing engagement with landscape photography both inSomerset and Scotland and more specific ongoing projects such as`Southern Frontiers' documenting the physical remains of the RomanEmpire in the north African landscape over the long term. This book will celebrate the breadth of McCullin's practice over thedecades. Also illustrated will be colour material taken while onassignment for the Sunday Times magazine which has rarely been seenor published. Ephemeral material including original magazines, contactsheets and photographic equipment will also be featured.