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Don McCullin    (British, 1935)

 Don McCullin - A Mad Day Out in London with the Beatles (John Lennon with Parrot and Paul Mc Cartney) (Photographs) h: 7 x w: 9.4 in / h: 17.8 x w: 23.9 cm
Don McCullin
A Mad Day Out in London with the Beatles (John Lennon with Parrot and Paul Mc Cartney) 1968
 
 Don McCullin - Shellshocked US Marine, Hue, Vietnam (Photographs) h: 24 x w: 20 in / h: 61 x w: 50.8 cm
Don McCullin
Shellshocked US Marine, Hue, Vietnam 1968
 
 Don McCullin - West Hartlepool 1963 (Photographs) h: 7.5 x w: 11.2 in / h: 19 x w: 28.4 cm
Don McCullin
West Hartlepool 1963
 

Biography
Don McCullin was born in London in 1935. At the age of thirteen he won a scholarship for his painting to the Hammersmith School of Arts and Ctafts, but when his father died two years later he was forced to go out to work. He joined the RAF to do his National Sercive and became a photographic assistant working on aerial reconnaissance printing. During that time he brought his first camera, a Rolliecord.
He began to photograph seriously, taking pictures of his friends which lead to his first professional break: a gang of people he knew was involved in the murder
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