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When I take a black-and-white portrait, it's not particularly meant to please you. It's meant to talk to you; it's meant to shame you. It's meant to scream out at you, and it has a message.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Black-And-White Meant Message Out Particularly Please Portrait Scream Shame Take Talk You

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I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Am Life My Life Though Tightrope Treat I Am

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There's nothing I don't know about war. The stench of it. But I say that without any pride. War is a terrible thing. My hope is that you'll get that through looking at one of my pictures.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: About Any Get Hope Know Looking Nothing Pictures Pride Say Terrible Terrible Thing Thing Through War Without You

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I grew up as a boy with aggression.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Aggression Boy Grew Up

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I have more of a relationship with the subject than I do with my camera equipment. To me, camera equipment is like a tin of shoe polish and a brush - I use that as a tool, but my basic camera is my emotion and my eyes. It's not anything to do with the wonderful cameras I use.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Anything Basic Brush Camera Cameras Emotion Equipment Eyes Like Me More Polish Relationship Shoe Subject Than Tin Tool Use Wonderful

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I love photography. I love the imagery. I love what I do.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Imagery Love Photography I Love

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Most of the people I know, their marriages went down the drain, like mine - something I am not proud of.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Am Down Drain Know Like Marriages Mine Most People Proud Something I Am

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Many people misunderstand me - I'm quite happy to be called a photographer. All of a sudden, the art world has caught up with photography, and they are trying to hijack us.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Art Art World Caught Happy Many Me Misunderstand People Photographer Photography Quite Sudden Trying Up Us World

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In my photography, I always lean towards the underprivileged because that's where I came from. When I went to the wars, I attempted to go and stand by those who were being trodden on. By that, I mean people like the Palestinians. When I go to India, I see really the poorest people, and I tend to be drawn to them.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Always Attempted Because Being Came Drawn Go India Lean Like Mean Mean People Palestinians People Photography Poorest Really See Stand Tend Them Those Towards Underprivileged Wars Were Where Who I See I Came

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Photography belongs to a fraternity of its own. I was young and enthusiastic and wanted to take good pictures to show the other photographers. That, and the professional pride of convincing an editor that I was the man to go somewhere, were the most important things to me.

~Don Mccullin

Topics: Belongs Convincing Editor Enthusiastic Fraternity Go Good Important Important Things Man Me Most Other Own Photographers Photography Pictures Pride Professional Show Somewhere Take The Most Important Things Wanted Were Young

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Photographer

Born: October 9th, 1935

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