Don McCullin

McCullin is an internationally known British photojournalist, well known for his war photographer and images of urban strife. McCuillin is known for having covered many of humanities war zones around the world: from the fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 1964 through to Turkey’s invasion of northern Cyprus in 1974; to the Vietnam war and Tet Offensive (1965-1968); the six-day-war of 1967 between Israel and Arab countries; the civil war and famine in Biafra (1968/69); Cambodia (1970-1975); Northern Ireland (1971), through to victims of AIDS and Tuberculosis in South Africa in 2000.

Here is a few examples of his photography. I love the emotion captured and the realism captured in his images. 

This image above is of a shell-shocked American Marine during the battle for the city of Hue in 1968, in the Vietnam War. I love this image because the eyes are just staring into a glaze which very much show the psychological impact of war on the individual. 

This is a photo of a Irish homeless man in the East End of London in 1969.

This last one is my favourite because it captures all emotion, worried, scared, hurt. It makes the viewer want to find out what has happened, what the story is behind that young child's tears. I also love the composition in the photo they are both staring into the camera but it is not posed or thought out.