
Description
Born in London in 1935, McCullin worked as a photographer's assistant in the RAF during the Suez Crisis. His early association with a North London gang led to the first publication of his pictures. As an overseas correspondent for the Sunday Times Magazine beginning in 1966, McCullin soon became a new kind of hero, taking a generation of readers beyond the insularity of post-war domestic life through the lens of his Nikon camera. He captured the realities of war in Biafra, the Congo, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the human tragedy of famine and cholera on the Bangladesh border and later, the AIDs epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.
McCullin now spends his days in a Somerset village, where he photographs the landscape and arranges still-lifes. Harrowing and poignant, Unreasonable Behavior is an extraordinary account of a witness who triumphed over the memories that could have destroyed him.
Product Details
Publisher | Grove Press |
Publish Date | June 13, 2017 |
Pages | 368 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780802126962 |
Dimensions | 8.9 X 5.9 X 1.2 inches | 1.3 pounds |
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Reviews
"From the opening . . . there is hardly a dull sentence: his prose is so lively and uninhibited . . . An excellent book."--Sunday Telegraph (UK)
"McCullin handles much of the material culled from his war experiences like a seasoned thriller writer. His dialogue is convincing and sharp."--Observer (UK)
"McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about."--Times (UK)
"Unsparing reminiscences that effectively combine the bittersweet life of a world-class photojournalist with a generous selection of his haunting lifework . . . A genuinely affecting memoir that reckons the cost and loss involved in making one's way on the cutting edge of conflict."--Kirkus Reviews
"If anyone is the living embodiment of the power of a photo, it is Don McCullin."--Sunday Times (UK)
"This is a great book not just for those with an interest in photography, but also for those with an interest in modern history."--Oliver Atwell, Amateur Photographer
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