Knighthood for services to photography

benjiboy

Subscriber
Joined
Apr 18, 2005
Messages
11,972
Location
U.K.
Format
35mm
I'm very pleased to announce that Don McCullin in the Queen's new year's honours list has been awarded a knighthood for services to photography, well done Sir Don for a lifetime of of great shots..
 

Chris Livsey

Member
Joined
Aug 10, 2008
Messages
635
Format
Medium Format
Last edited:

Ricardo Miranda

Member
Joined
Mar 31, 2012
Messages
2,408
Location
London, UK
Format
35mm
A really well deserved one.
And I didn't know about it until I saw this thread. BBC seems to have ignored this one, instead favouring the "famous" sport people.
Thanks for posting it Ben.
 
OP
OP

benjiboy

Subscriber
Joined
Apr 18, 2005
Messages
11,972
Location
U.K.
Format
35mm
At 81 it's a long overdue reward for a lifetimes achievement while putting his life on the line on a daily basis while pursuing his craft in some of the worlds most dangerous war zones, that he is still doing (although he said he had retired several years ago) he was shooting in Iraq very recently In my book he's one of the greatest war photographers who ever lived.
 
Last edited:

HiHoSilver

Member
Joined
Sep 7, 2015
Messages
2,170
Format
Multi Format
Another luminary I'd know nothing about except for his mention here. The galleries I looked up certainly justify the praise.
 
OP
OP

benjiboy

Subscriber
Joined
Apr 18, 2005
Messages
11,972
Location
U.K.
Format
35mm
HiHoSilver said:
Another luminary I'd know nothing about except for his mention here. The galleries I looked up certainly justify the praise.
Click to expand...
I'm surprised that you haven't heard of him Hi Ho he has shot some of the most iconic war and conflict photographs all over the world for over fifty years in Vietnam, Cambodia, Somalia, Darfur, Northern Ireland and just about everywhere
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=don mccullin photos
 

HiHoSilver

Member
Joined
Sep 7, 2015
Messages
2,170
Format
Multi Format
There are many I've never known about, though its a shrinking number. Before posting last, I searched & found some galleries & was quickly tutored on what I was missing. Cliveh has been invaluable for introducing people I've not known about. I appreciate each time I learn of good work - whether they're famous or not. McCullin's work *is* fantastic.
 

Ricardo Miranda

Member
Joined
Mar 31, 2012
Messages
2,408
Location
London, UK
Format
35mm
HiHoSilver said:
Another luminary I'd know nothing about except for his mention here. The galleries I looked up certainly justify the praise.
Click to expand...
Anytime you see this one, you'll know who took it:


For your reference here is Sir Don at work:


Bonus point: have a guess what camera is that one?
It won't be this one:


Bonus point 2: have a guess what happened there.

BTW, do you know who this photographer is?
 
OP
OP

benjiboy

Subscriber
Joined
Apr 18, 2005
Messages
11,972
Location
U.K.
Format
35mm
Larry Burrows was one of the greats that didn't make it, he was on assignment for Life Magazine in Laos when the helicopter he was traveling in was shot down. Don McCullin lead a charmed life in all the countless wars he shot in over fifty years because there were more then sixty photo journalists killed in action in Vietnam and Cambodia alone in a twenty year period.
These war photographers are stupid brave, the majority of them start going into war zones with no military training, they don't know how to behave under fire, the things that soldiers learn in their battle training, use cover, keep their heads down, use dead ground, shoot and scoot etc they have to learn these skills on the job if they survive the initial experience
 
Last edited:

Harry Stevens

Member
Joined
Dec 18, 2014
Messages
424
Location
East Midland
Format
Multi Format
I was bought a Don McCullin book last year "England" by my daughter , massive heavy book I remember reading articles in the late 70s early 80s in photo mags about McCullin he made his own developer with his own recipe and said he like to print on the dark side and Tr-X was his film of choice.

Remember Larry Burrows and there is a good documantry out there about him, one of the best war photographers there ever was in my opinion.

If only Don was a pretty young thing that ran around a track fast and whose ultimate ambition was to be a media celebrity he would have been reconised much sooner.
 

NJH

Member
Joined
Dec 30, 2013
Messages
702
Location
Dorset
Format
Multi Format
Well deserved for a man that thoroughly deserves the praise.

I can understand why he likes Somerset as well, reading that BBC link one of the top stories is about a roundabout being replaced by traffic lights in Yeovil. A world apart from what he has experienced in his life as a war photographer.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more…