Don McCullin's Conflict and Humanitarian Photography
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3. “Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling.
If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then
you’re never going to get others to feel anything
when they look at your pictures”
“You do not go away from here without carrying
a huge burden, if you are a decent human being
and you have a conscience.”
“I photograph the humble, the anonymous, who
are spontaneous and mirror all of us.”
Don McCullin
11. Don McCullin with Delta Company, 1/5th US
Marines during the Battle for Hue, Tet Offensive,
Vietnam. 1968, February
In January 1968, North Vietnamese forces
occupied the ancient Imperial Citadel of Hue in
one of the surprise attacks of the Tet Offensive.
Don McCullin accompanied the 5th US Marines
throughout almost two weeks of savage street
fighting to retake the Citadel. This was an
exceptionally dangerous assignment, in which
McCullin was under constant fire. He took some of
the most powerful photographs of his career but
also experienced, for the first time, the effects of
combat stress. This photograph was taken by Nik
Wheeler using Don McCullin's camera.
12. Shell-shocked US soldier awaiting
transportation away from the frontline,
Têt offensive, Hué, Vietnam, February
1968
13. Portrait of an old Vietnamese man
during the Têt offensive, Battle of
Hué, Vietnam, February 1968
14. U.S. Marine throwing a hand grenade during the Têt offensive, Battle of Hué, Vietnam, February 1968
15. U.S. Marines treating a wounded comrade, Têt offensive, Battle of Hué, Vietnam, February 1968
16. U.S. Marines with a captured
civilian, suspected of being a North
Vietnamese sympathizer, Hué,
Vietnam, February 1968
17. Vietnamese father and daughter
wounded when U.S. Marines dropped
hand grenades into their bunker, Têt
offensive, Battle of Hué, Vietnam,
February 1968
19. U.S. Army chaplain evacuates
a Vietnamese woman, Têt
offensive, Battle of Hué,
Vietnam, February 1968
20. Dying U.S. Marine carried by tank through the ruins of the Citadel during the Têt offensive, Battle of Hué,
Vietnam, February 1968
21. American marine being supported after having been shot in both legs during the Têt offensive, Battle of Hué,
Vietnam, February 1968
22. A wounded two-year-old child caught in the crossfire during the Têt offensive being taken from the battle front by
a U.S. Marine medic. Hué, Vietnam, 1968
41. The Beatles, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney, Wapping Pier Head, "Mad Day
Out" photo session. London, Great Britain, July 28, 1968
52. The Berlin Wall American soldiers, near Checkpoint Charlie, at the time of the construction of the Berlin Wall,
West Berlin, August 1961
53. The Berlin Wall. Construction of the Berlin Wall, Germany. US Marines keep watch from an upstairs window at
Friedrichstrasse. 1961, August
54. The Berlin Wall. West Berliners looking over a portion of the Berlin Wall at the time of its construction. East
German soldiers looking back, West Berlin, Germany, August 1961.
55. The Berlin Wall. Looking into East Berlin over a portion of the Berlin Wall at the time of its construction, West
Berlin, Germany, November 1961
56. The Berlin Wall. West
Berliner looking into East
Berlin through a crack in the
Berlin Wall at the time of its
construction. West Berlin,
Germany, November 1961
57. The Berlin Wall. West
Berliner looking into
East Berlin through a
crack in the Berlin Wall
at the time of its
construction. West
Berlin, Germany,
November 1961