Watch this video of Don McCullin if you haven’t already. Looks like it was removed from YouTube. I was trying to find it and here it is. Just scroll down in the article-
https://www.canon-europe.com/pro/stories/don-mccullin-kolkata-film
Photography Warrior
🕰️ Don McCullin: War Photography Timeline
1964 – Cyprus Civil War
- Conflict: Greek and Turkish Cypriots clash
- Note: McCullin’s breakthrough. Captured a haunting image of a fighter with a grenade—led to assignments with The Sunday Times.
1965–1972 – Vietnam War
- Conflict: U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia
- Note: Photographed U.S. Marines in Hue, civilian suffering, and the chaos of war.
Late 1960s – Congo Crisis
- Conflict: Post-independence political instability
- Note: Traveled to document tribal and political violence.
1968–1970 – Biafran War (Nigerian Civil War)
- Conflict: Nigeria vs. Biafra (secessionist state)
- Note: Photographed starvation, death, and displacement—images shocked the world.
1971 – The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
- Conflict: Protestant vs. Catholic tensions, British Army presence
- Note: Captured both sides of the civil unrest—controversial and powerful.
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War
- Conflict: East Pakistan’s war for independence from West Pakistan
- Note: Covered atrocities and refugee crisis during the formation of Bangladesh.
Early 1970s – Cambodian Civil War
- Conflict: Khmer Rouge vs. Cambodian government
- Note: Photographed chaos and fall of Phnom Penh.
1975–1982 – Lebanese Civil War
- Conflict: Multi-factional war in Beirut and beyond
- Note: Some of his most graphic and emotionally wrenching work. He said Lebanon marked the end of his war photography.
Early 1980s – El Salvador Civil War
- Conflict: U.S.-backed government vs. leftist rebels
- Note: One of his final conflict zones. Still deeply human, gritty, and intense.
❌ Wars Not Covered
- 1982 – Falklands War: McCullin was refused press credentials by the British government.
🧠 Reflections
“War is failure. It’s the total failure of the human spirit.”
McCullin eventually turned his lens to English landscapes—a kind of healing from years of photographing devastation.
DANTE SISOFO · · dantesisofo.com/sir-don-mccullin-in-kolkata/
