Don McCullin - Tate Britain (until 6 May 2019)

Don McCullin, Homeless Irishman, Spitalfields, London, 1969

I’m in a very funny place: I’m in an art gallery and yet I’m a photographer saying I don’t want to be an artist. (See Jessie Bond, The Art Newspaper) 

Don McCullin is at Tate Britain until 6 May 2019

From the Tate website:

Tate Britain presents a comprehensive retrospective of the legendary British photographer Don McCullin.

This exhibition showcases some of the most impactful photographs captured over the last 60 years. It includes many of his iconic war photographs – including images from Vietnam, Northern Ireland and more recently Syria. But it also focuses on the work he did at home in England, recording scenes of poverty and working class life in London’s East End and the industrial north, as well as meditative landscapes of his beloved Somerset, where he lives.​
Sir Don McCullin was born in 1935 and grew up in a deprived area of north London. He got his first break when a newspaper published his photograph of friends who were in a local gang. From the 1960s he forged a career as probably the UK’s foremost war photographer, primarily working for the Sunday Times Magazine. His unforgettable and sometimes harrowing images are accompanied in the show with his brutally honest commentaries.
With over 250 photographs, all printed by McCullin himself in his own darkroom, this exhibition will be a unique opportunity to appreciate the scope and achievements of his entire career.

Reviews:

Adrian Searle (Guardian) "Witness for the Prosecution" (5 stars!) 

Mark Hudson (Telegraph) "Images so powerful you feel McCullin hovering at your shoulder". (5 stars!)
Beth Williamson (Studio International) "... widely known as a war photographer... this exhibition, covering 60 years, shows the full scope of his work."
Laura Cumming (The Observer) [With review of Diane Arbus] "Two lone souls out in the world". (5 stars!)

Features:
Don McCullin and Simon Grant (Tate Etc) "Don McCullin: The Interview".

Jessie Bond (The Art Newspaper) "Don McCullin on why he is showing at Tate Britian even though he is not an 'artist'".

Kate Kellaway (The Observer) "Once photography gets a grip, you're captive: Don McCullin and Giles Duley in conversation".
Ben Luke (The Art Newspaper) "Reportage storms the citadel: documentary photography joins the canon of British art"

Don McCullin, The Guvnors in their Sunday Suits, Finsbury Park, London, 1958 

Don McCullin, Suspected Lumumbist freedom fighters being tormented before execution, Stanleyville, 1964

Don McCullin, Shell-shocked US Marine, The Battle of Hue, 1968

Don McCullin, The Battle for the City of Hue, South Vietnam, US Marine Inside Civilian House, 1968

Don McCullin, Seaside pier on the south coast, Eastbourne, 1970s

Don McCullin, Local Boys in Bradford, 1972

Don McCullin, Woods Near My House, Somerset, c1991