‘Forget foreign conflicts, chronicle Britain’ says war photographer Don McCullin

[applemint]

Article from yesterday's Independent newspaper:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...ys-war-photographer-don-mccullin-8947692.html

 

[The23rdman]

Well said.

 

[simonblue]

I can understand where he coming from,but i doubt its going to stop anyone as a young man he must read the stories of how vile war was,and it didn't stop him

 

[shruggy63]

Thanks for the link!

 

[UaeExile]

All good and well but would you fancy walking round the streets of britains most deprived areas with £££££ worth of camera? Probably safer on the front line

 

[simonblue]

All good and well but would you fancy walking round the streets of britains most deprived areas with £££££ worth of camera? Probably safer on the front line

I have done it quite a few times,they kind of look at you as those your mad,I was out the other days taking photos walked round the corner a couple of lads smoking a crack pipe,the sort of looked at me then just smiled and left me alone but sometimes it can be a bit hairy especially when they are drunk

 

[artyman]

All good and well but would you fancy walking round the streets of britains most deprived areas with £££££ worth of camera? Probably safer on the front line

Walk softly and carry a big tripod

 

[viewfromthenorth]

Interesting story. I've got his book 'In England' and he did quite a lot of photography in deprived areas of the UK in the 60's and 70's, fascinating to see some of the appalling conditions people lived in until fairly recently.

 

[simonblue]

Interesting story. I've got his book 'In England' and he did quite a lot of photography in deprived areas of the UK in the 60's and 70's, fascinating to see some of the appalling conditions people lived in until fairly recently.

Yes a lot of his photos were shot around Bradford,he said he used walk the street talking photos and people would invite him in to show him the condition they live in,but theses days a lot of social deprived come from hard drug use,an area where a lot of the time people don't like people poking around with an camera.

 

[Jayst84]

All good and well but would you fancy walking round the streets of britains most deprived areas with £££££ worth of camera? Probably safer on the front line

Largely down to the attitude you bring with you though. If you wander round expecting trouble and with a "me and them" attitude that you are somehow different to the people who happen to live around or below the poverty line, then maybe you won't be that welcome. But then if you held those ideas, you probably wouldn't be doing it in the first place, so probably a moot point.