Beauty is a dangerous word. Beauty becomes slightly indulgent for me. It's a snatched kind of moment for me because I'm entitled to a nice day in my life but beauty creeps close to narcissism, which I really dislike, particularly in human beings who were born with good looks, who cash in on it. It's a bit of a dodgy word for me. I look at it with caution. It can be a bit like walking into quicksand; it can get you in to all kinds of trouble.
I'm lucky - I don't feel any pressure. - Don Mccullin
I'm lucky - I don't feel any pressure.
- Don Mccullin
Sometimes it felt like I was carrying pieces of human flesh back home with me, not negatives. It's as if you are carrying the suffering of the people… - Don Mccullin
Sometimes it felt like I was carrying pieces of human flesh back home with me, not negatives. It's as if you are carrying the suffering of the people…
Photography for me is not looking, it's feeling. If you can't feel what you're looking at, then you're never going to get others to feel anything whe… - Don Mccullin
Photography for me is not looking, it's feeling. If you can't feel what you're looking at, then you're never going to get others to feel anything whe…
The real truth of life is on the streets. Photograph the daily lives of people, and how they exist, and how they fight for space and time and pleasur… - Don Mccullin
The real truth of life is on the streets. Photograph the daily lives of people, and how they exist, and how they fight for space and time and pleasur…
There's always a threat surrounding the things you love - Don Mccullin
There's always a threat surrounding the things you love
Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about. - Don Mccullin
Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about.
I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job. - Don Mccullin
I only use a camera like I use a toothbrush. It does the job.
Photography is the truth if it’s being handled by a truthful person. - Don Mccullin
Photography is the truth if it’s being handled by a truthful person.
I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is guilt in every direc… - Don Mccullin
I have been manipulated, and I have in turn manipulated others, by recording their response to suffering and misery. So there is guilt in every direc…
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