Don McCullin

Sir Donald McCullin CBE (born 9 October 1935) is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife.

[7][9] Between 1966 and 1984, he worked as an overseas correspondent for the Sunday Times Magazine, recording ecological and man-made catastrophes such as wars, amongst them Biafra in 1968, and victims of the African AIDS epidemic.

He also took the photographs of Maryon Park in London used in Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup,[10] In 1968 his Nikon F camera stopped a bullet intended for him.

They contain many well-known images of the band, including the gatefold sleeve picture from the Red and Blue compilations where the Beatles mingled with the crowd seen through railings of a cemetery.

A documentary about McCullin entitled Just One More War, directed by Jana Boková, with ATV as the production company, aired on the ITV network in 1977.

[12] In 1982 the British government refused to grant McCullin a press pass to cover the Falklands War, claiming the boat was full.

He is the author of a number of books, including The Palestinians (with Jonathan Dimbleby, 1980), Beirut: A City in Crisis (1983) and Don McCullin in Africa (2005).

Émile Béchard , Femme du Luxor from McCullin's personal selection of photographs from the National Media Museum 's collection, 2009.
McCullin receiving the World Press Photo Award in 1964