Don McCullin

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Biography

Sir Don McCullin (1935, London) is a renowned British photojournalist celebrated for his harrowing and empathetic documentation of global conflicts and social strife.
For the past 50 years, he has proved himself a photojournalist without equal, whether documenting the poverty of London’s East End, or the horrors of wars in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East. Simultaneously he has proved an adroit artist capable of beautifully arranged still lifes, soulful portraits, and moving landscapes. In 1961, he won the British Press Award for his essay on the construction of the Berlin Wall. His first taste of war came in Cyprus, 1964, where he covered the armed eruption of ethnic and nationalistic tension, winning a World Press Photo Award for his efforts. In 1993, he was the first photojournalist to be awarded a CBE. He said: “I need a challenge. My greatest fear is sitting and staring out of a window without the passion to do anything anymore.”