Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I watched Don McCullin on BBC4 and there is no doubt that he has a great eye but it is no good, I just cannot warm to the guy at all. I am afraid I regard him as a self-promoter and feel he often exploits his subjects (but then I guess all street photographers do to a greater or lesser extent). I met him once at a RPS lecture and book signing. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 > On 5 Feb 2019, at 12:31, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > > There have been quite a few programs on British TV and Radio recently > about Don McCullin. He has a major retrospective at Tate Britain of some > 275+ images: > > https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/don-mccullin > > Here are some other examples. I'm aware of viewing restrictions from > outside the UK but if you can take a look/listen to these: > > There's a radio interview (13 mins) with him here with John Humphrys who > worked alongside him at one point and you can download it as a podcast: > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06zq4jj > > and an hour long TV programme here > > https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002dv0/don-mccullin-looking-for-england > > Peter > > On 03/02/2019 12:50, John McMaster wrote: >> https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/03/don-mccullin-giles-duley-photography-retrospective-tate-interview >> >> john >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > > Dr. Peter Dzwig > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information