"Conflict, when handled correctly, strengthens."
-Benjamin Watson
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5c's homework on Don Mccullin:
The photographer I have used to analyse is Don Mccullin and I am going to analyse one of his images.
Sir Donald McCullin is a British Photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife.
Sir Don McCullin was born in 1935 in London’s Finsbury Park, a poor and rough area at the time. Leaving school at fifteen with no qualifications, McCullin signed up to National Service in the RAF as a photographic assistant. In 1959, McCullin took his first published photograph of The Guvnors, a London gang who had been involved in a murder.
Between 1966 and 1984, McCullin worked for The Sunday Times Magazine. At the time, The Sunday Times was at the cutting edge of investigative, critical journalism. During this period, McCullin’s assignments included Biafra, the Belgian Congo, the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’, Bangladesh and the Lebanese civil war. It is his photographs of Vietnam and Cambodia that have become among the most famous and well-recognised.
Most recently McCullin has been awarded a knighthood in the 2017 New Years Honours list. McCullin has been awarded numerous awards over the years, including two premier Awards from the World Press Photo and the 2006 Cornell Capa Award by the International Centre for Photography in New York for his lifetime contribution to photography. In 1993, he was the first photojournalist to be made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
The photographer I have used to analyse is Don Mccullin and I am going to analyse one of his images.
Sir Donald McCullin is a British Photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife.
Sir Don McCullin was born in 1935 in London’s Finsbury Park, a poor and rough area at the time. Leaving school at fifteen with no qualifications, McCullin signed up to National Service in the RAF as a photographic assistant. In 1959, McCullin took his first published photograph of The Guvnors, a London gang who had been involved in a murder.
Between 1966 and 1984, McCullin worked for The Sunday Times Magazine. At the time, The Sunday Times was at the cutting edge of investigative, critical journalism. During this period, McCullin’s assignments included Biafra, the Belgian Congo, the Northern Irish ‘Troubles’, Bangladesh and the Lebanese civil war. It is his photographs of Vietnam and Cambodia that have become among the most famous and well-recognised.
Most recently McCullin has been awarded a knighthood in the 2017 New Years Honours list. McCullin has been awarded numerous awards over the years, including two premier Awards from the World Press Photo and the 2006 Cornell Capa Award by the International Centre for Photography in New York for his lifetime contribution to photography. In 1993, he was the first photojournalist to be made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
Content: In this image I can see Palestinian mother in her broken and shattered home. I looks like a bomb or shooting destroyed her home and she is standing in her shattered home. Her facial expressions shows she is devastated and upset. She is stood in the mess and wreckage and is very upset. This picture portraits a sad and sympathetic mood.
Composition: This picture has used a standard fluorescent white to show the sad mood and devastating mood. The photographer has used a deep depth of field to show the wreckage. It has used a medium shutter speed which would be around 1/2000. This also has a diagonal subject line and the focus point is the women and the wreckage behind her.
Context: This was taken in Palestine and the photographer is called Don Mccullin, British Photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife. A Palestinian Woman Returning to the Ruins of her House, Sabra, Beirut, 1982. this was properly from one of the terrorist attacks that are happening all around the world.
Connection: This picture shows us that the after masses of war and conflict and the message portrays to stop war and any kind of hatred and just to show live and support to the ones who go through it and never to hate ourselves. This is also shows the consequences of war and how bad it can be and how it can lead to homelessness.
Comment: In my opinion this is a really effective picture and it shows the consequences of conflict and how seriously it is. He has shown it in a sad and terrifying point of view. Don Mccullin's other pictures are really effective too and they also portrait the message too.
Composition: This picture has used a standard fluorescent white to show the sad mood and devastating mood. The photographer has used a deep depth of field to show the wreckage. It has used a medium shutter speed which would be around 1/2000. This also has a diagonal subject line and the focus point is the women and the wreckage behind her.
Context: This was taken in Palestine and the photographer is called Don Mccullin, British Photojournalist, particularly recognized for his war photography and images of urban strife. A Palestinian Woman Returning to the Ruins of her House, Sabra, Beirut, 1982. this was properly from one of the terrorist attacks that are happening all around the world.
Connection: This picture shows us that the after masses of war and conflict and the message portrays to stop war and any kind of hatred and just to show live and support to the ones who go through it and never to hate ourselves. This is also shows the consequences of war and how bad it can be and how it can lead to homelessness.
Comment: In my opinion this is a really effective picture and it shows the consequences of conflict and how seriously it is. He has shown it in a sad and terrifying point of view. Don Mccullin's other pictures are really effective too and they also portrait the message too.