Don McCullin: A Desecrated Serenity exhibition at Hauser & Wirth NYC

[Alex Benjamin]

Don McCullin: A Desecrated Serenity

3 September to 8 November.

Don McCullin. A Desecrated Serenity - Hauser & Wirth

Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and President Marc Payot

www.hauserwirth.com

From the website:

"Hauser & Wirth is honored to present its first New York City exhibition devoted to the work of Sir Don McCullin CBE, lauded internationally as one of the most significant photojournalists of our time. Coinciding with his 90th birthday, McCullin’s most comprehensive US presentation to date brings together over fifty works, as well as seldom seen archival materials and historical ephemera. ‘A Desecrated Serenity’ offers a deep look at both the beauty and brutality of McCullin’s expansive archive. From the gritty unfiltered images taken on the battlefield and in postwar Britain to painterly European vistas and meticulously crafted still lifes, the exhibition reveals the twin forces that course through and characterize McCullin’s oeuvre: an innate and profound compassion for humanity and exceptional mastery of composition and process."

 

[snusmumriken]

Wish I could see it. That photo ‘Boys in the book of the prophet’ is new to me, and isn’t it brilliant!?

What do you suppose they mean by ‘unfiltered’?

 

[Alex Benjamin]

What do you suppose they mean by ‘unfiltered’?

Most certainly just a metaphor to say his images depict the raw and brutal reality of war and its aftermath. I guess they didn't realize that in the context of photography, "unfiltered" can have another meaning.

 

[snusmumriken]

Most certainly just a metaphor to say his images depict the raw and brutal reality of war and its aftermath. I guess they didn't realize that in the context of photography, "unfiltered" can have another meaning.

I assumed they didn’t mean with a bare lens. It’s only nuance, I know, but it seems to undermine the skill of the photographer to suggest that McCullin’s images are unfiltered. Hugely filtered, I would have said. Maybe ‘uncompromising’ would have been a better word.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

I assumed they didn’t mean with a bare lens. It’s only nuance, I know, but it seems to undermine the skill of the photographer to suggest that McCullin’s images are unfiltered. Hugely filtered, I would have said. Maybe ‘uncompromising’ would have been a better word.

Totally agree.

 

[Arthurwg]

Sir Donald.